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... Schools of England - in the main independent boarding schools reserved for the well - to - do - have become sharply distinguished from all other schools . They may have suited English conditions at one time , even if it is sometimes ...
... Schools of England - in the main independent boarding schools reserved for the well - to - do - have become sharply distinguished from all other schools . They may have suited English conditions at one time , even if it is sometimes ...
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... Schools ) started at a lower level . It is generally admitted that even to - day Scottish primary schools compare favourably with those in England or America . The most serious criticisms are directed against the secondary schools , and ...
... Schools ) started at a lower level . It is generally admitted that even to - day Scottish primary schools compare favourably with those in England or America . The most serious criticisms are directed against the secondary schools , and ...
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... schools vie with one another in displays of general knowledge . The questions devised are naturally more suited to English conditions in spite of amiable but sometimes mistaken efforts to prevent this ; and they are posed in accents ...
... schools vie with one another in displays of general knowledge . The questions devised are naturally more suited to English conditions in spite of amiable but sometimes mistaken efforts to prevent this ; and they are posed in accents ...
Contents
TO OUR ENGLISH BROTHER | 19 |
Demand for a plebiscite | 26 |
HISTORY AND LEGEND | 33 |
Copyright | |
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