It was Established by private benevolence to improve the condition of the poor, and to relieve the country from beggars, and was commenced in 1818. The poor families which are placed there are employed, some in manufacture, some in cultivating the soil, and every means is made use of to encourage industry and provident habits.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
A provident sailor had, whilst it was possible, taken up aloft a couple of loaves of black bread, a ham, and some cheese.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
A kindergarten means a guarded company of children, who are to be treated as a gardener treats his plants; that is, in the first place, studied to see what they are, and what conditions they require for the fullest and most beautiful growth; in the second place, put into or supplied with these conditions, with as little handling of their individuality as possible, but with an unceasing genial and provident care to remove all obstructions, and favor all the circumstances of growth.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody