A History of the Origin and Progress of Adult Schools

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Excerpt from A History of the Origin and Progress of Adult Schools: With an Account of Some of the Beneficial Effects Already Produced on the Moral Character of the Labouring Poor, Also, Considerations on the Important Advantages of Which They Are Likely to Be Productive to Society at Large, With an AppendixIt has been generally believed, that the first schools for the education of adults exclusively, were Opened in Bristol and that not without reason, as it was perfectly unknown to the Founder of the Bristol Schools, that such had existed elsewhere. This, indeed, has been the generally received Opinion for two years past, but we must now yield the palm to Cambrian philanthropy. From information recently received from very respect able authority, it appears that the first Adult Schools were established in North Wales.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.