Joseph Lancaster

“He who is master of the art of questioning is master of the art of teaching.”

“The mainspring of the system is emulation and reward, not fear.”

“A place for everything, and everything in its place.”

“The grand object of all my labours is, that every poor child in the universe may be able to read his Bible.”

“Let the punishment fit the crime.”

“The business of the master is not so much to teach, as to see that the children teach one another.”

“Order is heaven's first law.”