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As a clergyman of the Church of England, I have for some years past felt..
that I could not in
·
any way identify myself
with the Ceritral School or wish God speed to
opposed
in the
strongest
- sccular scheme of Education,
it. I am
to
assy pernely
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matter
by
whom carried on.
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my...
any way question. But
views cannot be expected to be in
favourable to the Institution in
putting religion aside altogether for the moment and regarding the Central School without
prejudice
do an
Educational Institution which
has enjoyed splendid opportunities for many
years
I must confess that it seems to me to have produced a very inadequate effect for the vast sums which it has annually absorbed. I have visited the School frequently
and
admired its
discipline
4. and am aware:
-satisfactory state of the propils
of the
as disclosed by the
Annual Examinations but when I look into
the question of the effect of this costly machinery upon education generally I must
that I should find it
way
very difficult to point to any kneficial result that might
not have been attained by much simpler
mean.
way
The Central School has not in
created
a desire for higher Education in Western Science amongst the Chinese generally. As far
LA
I
can see; it owes it's crowded.
classes to the fact that a certain number of
the natives understand the
pecuniary
value
of a knowledge of English, and are satisfied that they can get a sufficiency of that Knowledge there, cheaper and better than
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