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Rh vernment, and almost all persons in authority under them, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the sentiment is as general, as it is undeniably founded on sense and experience.

Schools, which are the subject of the preceding pages, have latterly derived the most essential assistance and support by ample supplies of Books, from the School Book and School Societies, whose establishment will now be described.