Article #177 - Benefits of Lyceum

  Upon what does the prosperity of this association depend, having for its object the material improvement of its members and the general diffusion of knowledge.

[It will need the “effort of each member,” which is lacking. Motives are formed from “a just appreciation of the benefits to be derived from a certain course of action. Examples are given: temperance, capital punishment, coast-to-coast railroad, pursuit of scientific knowledge.]

            ...Let each member then, but appreciate the benefits to be derived from a well-directed associated effort to improve, let each be convinced of the necessity and importance of knowledge, and this association will prosper as other schools for learning and improvement...

                                                F. D.

2nd mo. 16th 1851