Address on opening the Institution for the Formation of Character, at New Lanark
Subtitle: delivered on the 1st of January, 1816 : being the first public announcement of the discovery of the infant school system
By: by Robert Owen
Publisher: Home Colonization Society
Published: 1841
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Education; Philosophy; Institution for the Formation of Character; New Lanark Establishment
Description: An address by Robert Owen outlining his view of the malleability of human nature, and calling for a radical change in the way social institutions are established.  Human progress is inhibited by the lack of knowledge about how human beings are to be educated so as to pursue productive activities and eschew debilitating vices.