We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics.

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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any...

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any...

The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through...

The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through...

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the...

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the...

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the...

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the...

My school is attended by near three hundred scholars.

My school is attended by near three hundred scholars.

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to...

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to...

In such a case, it would be almost sure of success, if the active members...

In such a case, it would be almost sure of success, if the active members...

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to...

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to...

Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with...

Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with...

The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile...

The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile...

A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite,...

A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite,...

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let...

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let...

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate...

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate...

THE rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in...

THE rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in...

At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at...

At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at...

Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the...

Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the...

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are...

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are...

Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals...

Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals...

Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and...

Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and...