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The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago - Page 351
by Alleyne Ireland - 1907 - 1023 pages
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Saint Pauls, Volume 2

English literature - 1868 - 790 pages
...more powerful intellect ; and he writes, in speaking of education for the Civil Service of India, " Men who have been engaged, up to one or two and twenty, in studies which b.ave no immediate connection with the business of any profession, and of which the effect is merely...
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The American Colleges and the American Public

Noah Porter - Education, Higher - 1870 - 338 pages
...for," says the Yankee President. On the contrary, Lord Macaulay, a rather slow Englishman, observes : " We believe that men who have been engaged up to one...the effect is merely to open, to invigorate, and to strengthen the mind, will generally be found, in the business of every profession, superior to men...
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Report of Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners: Together ..., Volume 20

1876 - 586 pages
...CIVIL rulers to neglect, in their earlier years, European literature and science, for studies SERVICE. specially Indian. We believe that men who have been engaged, up to one or two _ and twenty, in studies which have no immediate connexion with the business of any Selection and profession,...
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The Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National ..., Volume 26

National Educational Association (U.S.) - Education - 1888 - 884 pages
...essays are an inspiration to every scholar, says, in speaking of the disciplinary power of the classics: "We believe that men who have been engaged up to one...profession, and of which the effect is merely to open, invigorate, and to strengthen the mind, will generally be found, in the business of every profession,...
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The Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National ..., Volume 26

National Educational Association (U.S.) - Education - 1888 - 844 pages
...essays are an inspiration to every scholar, says, in speaking of the disciplinary power of the classics: "We believe that men who have been engaged up to one...profession, and of which the effect is merely to open, invigorate, and to strengthen the mind, will generally bs found, in the business of every profession,...
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Proceedings, Abstracts of Lectures and a Brief Report of the Discussions of ...

National Education Association of the United States - Education - 1889 - 746 pages
...therefore believe with Lord Macaulay, "that men who have been engaged up to one- or two-and-twenty in studies which have no immediate connection with...profession, and of which the effect is merely to open, invigorate and to strengthen the mind, will generally be found in the business of every profession,...
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Report of the Classical Conference Held at Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 27 and ...

1895 - 108 pages
...still weight and wisdom in the old-fashioned theory, so well enunciated by Lord Macaulay, when he said: "We believe that men who have been engaged up to one...profession, and of which the effect is merely to open, invigorate, and to strengthen the mind, will generally be found in the business of every profession...
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Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League

National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.) - 1895 - 756 pages
...to deal specifically with India or the duties to be performed. To quote the words of the report : " We believe that men who have been engaged, up to one...business of any profession, and of which the effect is to open, to invigorate, and to enrich the mind, will generally be found in the business of every profession,...
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The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett: Master of Balliol College, Oxford

Evelyn Abbott, Lewis Campbell - 1897 - 486 pages
...Macaulay drew up the Report, but some passages bear the stamp of Jowett's mind. For example : — ' We believe that men who have been engaged up to one or two-and-twenty in studies which have no connexion with the business of any profession, and of which...
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The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Master of Balliol ..., Volume 1

Evelyn Abbott, Lewis Campbell - College teachers - 1897 - 482 pages
...Macaulay drew up the Report, but some passages bear the stamp of Jowett's mind. For example : — ' We believe that men who have been engaged up to one or two-and-twenty in studies which have no connexion with the business of any profession, and of which...
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