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Joseph Lancaster

"A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness."

Source : Joseph Lancaster (1807). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted”, p.148

Joseph Lancaster

#Kindness Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Independence Quotes

“You will not experience all life has to offer you or begin to experience life at its fullest as long as you are satisfied with mediocrity. You have to be disgusted with your current circumstances before your circumstances can change.”
“Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.”
“Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.”
“I loved campaigning for Obama.”
“And so I learned that familiar paths traced in the dusk of summer evenings may lead as well to prison as to innocent untroubled sleep.”
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”
“This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ON THE SECOND BOAT!”
“All things are ready, if our mind be so.”

"A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness."

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