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I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest.

~Joseph Lancaster

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This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.

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My school is attended by near three hundred scholars.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Educator

Born: November 25th, 1778

Died: October 23rd, 1838

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