May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery, in which the prizes bear no proportion to the enormous number of blanks. – Joseph Lancaster

The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education. – Joseph Lancaster

The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom are not able to purchase expensive publications on those subjects. – Joseph Lancaster