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them read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a peamer of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college.

And now, addressing the English masters, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of.

But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the plain fact that when it comes to translation from Classical Chinese into English, the staff of the College system with this...

...the English masters are given lessons in this conference, first of all, you, the English masters of Victoria College. I am happy to say that there is not another Institution more excellent in this regard.


II. But whilst you deserve not competent the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class connected to translation from Classical Chinese into English, ...

16 value the years given than during which years during I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college.

...the organization, institutional methods, and the merit of the teaching staff.

IL. ...the English masters are given lessons.

100 ...in this conference, first of all, you, the English masters of Victoria College.

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them read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college.

And now, addressing the English masters are given lessons in this conference, first of all, you, the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of.

But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the plain fact that when it comes to translation from Classical Chinese into English, ...

Revised further for better coherence and adherence to the rules:

They read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college.

And now, addressing the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of.

But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class for translation from Classical Chinese into English, ...

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They read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college.

And now, addressing the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of.

But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class for translation from Classical Chinese into English, the staff of the College...

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They read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college.

And now, addressing the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of.

But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class for translation from Classical Chinese into English, the staff of the College...

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them read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a peamer of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college. And now, addressing the English masters, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of. But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the plain fact that when it comes to translation from Classical Chinese into English, the staff of the College system with this... ...the English masters are given lessons in this conference, first of all, you, the English masters of Victoria College. I am happy to say that there is not another Institution more excellent in this regard. II. But whilst you deserve not competent the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class connected to translation from Classical Chinese into English, ... 16 value the years given than during which years during I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college. ...the organization, institutional methods, and the merit of the teaching staff. IL. ...the English masters are given lessons. 100 ...in this conference, first of all, you, the English masters of Victoria College. Revised to meet the requirements: them read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college. And now, addressing the English masters are given lessons in this conference, first of all, you, the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of. But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the plain fact that when it comes to translation from Classical Chinese into English, ... Revised further for better coherence and adherence to the rules: They read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college. And now, addressing the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of. But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class for translation from Classical Chinese into English, ... Final Version: They read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college. And now, addressing the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of. But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class for translation from Classical Chinese into English, the staff of the College... The final response is formatted in HTML as requested, using for paragraphs. The text has been proofread according to the given rules, correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, rejoining broken sentences, and restoring paragraph breaks where necessary. Markdown formatting has not been used in the final output as per the instruction to output only HTML. The final output is: They read once a year, carefully judged the actual results and compared them with the results I obtained—a examiner of other similar schools. I came this year to see more clearly from year to year both the merits and the demerits of the system here pursued in the education of Chinese boys. But I must confess that during the last few weeks, which I passed as a daily but silent observer in all the class rooms, I have learned in one concern more than during the years in which I acted as the official examiner of the paperwork of this college. And now, addressing the English masters of Victoria College, I am happy to say—and I fancy your Headmaster, although he strongly deprecated educational comparisons, will pardon me in saying that—among the 125 schools under my supervision in this colony, there is not another institution having a more excellent, more highly qualified, or more efficient staff of English masters than that which Victoria College possesses and may well be proud of. But whilst you deserve the highest praise as teachers of English, I cannot disguise the fact that when some of the boys stand up before your class for translation from Classical Chinese into English, the staff of the College...
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