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I HEARTILY concur in Mr. Stuart's opinion, that the working men of England—speaking at least for the North—are fully aware of the value of Scientific Instruction in its strict sense. The subject has a special interest for me; as in the winter of 1866-7, I started in this city a series of Science Lectures for the People, which, with the kind help of Prof. Jevons, Dr. Alcock, and Dr. Morgan, were undertaken for the purpose of ascertaining whether the working men of Manchester really appreciate the value of science instruction when given in a plain, but scientific form, illustrated with diagrams and experiments made on a scale such as could be seen by a large audience. The experiment proved highly successful. Upwards of 4,000 people attended the thirteen Lectures which we gave, and the class of persons present was exactly that for whom the lectures were designed; whilst the marked attention and interest invariably exhibited by the audiences showed how keenly they appreciated the information they received, and the insight into true scientific methods which they obtained.
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ROSCOE, H. Lectures to Working Men. Nature 1, 138 (1869). https://doi.org/10.1038/001138b0
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