W.C. Earl letter to Arvine Wales, Kendal, March 17, 1859

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	                Toledo, Ohio  March 17th  1859
	A.C. Wales Esq
                              Dr Sir
                             Your favor of Yesterday is  
	received and contents noted.
	         I return the resignation with my
	name attached.
	         I am too busy to write much, but
	cannot permit the opportunity to pass
	without saying that I  have ever felt, and
	do yet feel a deep and earnest interest
	in the welfare of the Charity school.  But
	I have long felt that from my inability
	to give any attention to its affairs it
	was improper for me to hold the post
	of one of  its trustees.  The cause of edu-
	cation is of too much importance to be
	neglected by those in whose hands it is
	placed.  And especially is this the
	fact when the interests of that class
	of community which makes up the pu-
	pils of this school are involved.  The fund
	dedicated to their education is a sacred
	one, and the duty of properly managing
	it involves far high moral obligations