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PROF. W. E. GRIFFIS writes us a very encouraging letter from Fukuwi, Japan, where he is giving practical instruction in a chemical laboratory established a year ago. Sixty students attend his daily lectures on chemistry and physics, properly illustrated by experiments, and twelve students do actually practise in the chemical laboratory. What he says of Japan is equally true here in the United States, only that the rubbish of astrology and Chinese philosophy, which prevent rapid progress there, are here represented by notions not less common nor less obstinate. He says:—“In teaching physical science in Japan, one has need to begin at the lowest foundation, to demonstrate everything, and to clear away much rubbish of astrology, Chinese notions of philosophy, falsely so called, &c.; yet the students are fairly intelligent, and promise hopefully to fill, in some measure, the greatest educational need of the country—good teachers.”
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Science in Japan*. Nature 6, 352 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006352b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/006352b0