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different races, or at any rate that
English children should be taught apart
from others. "It is essential" they say
(paragraph 13 of the report) "that the
children of British parentage be educated by
themselves and not side by side with children
of other nationalities or races" and they
base their recommendation upon two grounds,
one that British children in a class with
others to whom English is a foreign tongue,
are thereby retarded in their progress: the
other that the beliefs and standards of
other races are widely different from English
beliefs and standards, and that, to quote the
words of your despatch of 3rd September
1901, deteriorating moral effects come from
the mixture of the two races at school.
Similarly the ... recommend (paragraph
36 of the report) that "Queen's College
revert