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THE scientific world is much indebted to the Marquis of Salisbury for the clear and powerful speech on the value of scientific education which he delivered in Manchester on Friday last. It is a satisfactory sign of the times when a statesman of his position and intellectual standing acknowledges the claims of science to a place in the higher education of the country equal to that of the older studies. Whilst adverting to the great strides which had been made respecting the elementary education of the country, Lord Salisbury does not forget that “the true key to the education of the lower classes is a love of knowledge on the part of the classes that are above them; “and he goes on to point out that in the district in which he was speaking, the secondary, and especially adult education, was well provided for. He passed a well-deserved encomium on the Owens College. Although the general instruction of the adult population by means of evening classes does not form the primary work of a College such as Owens, yet, placed as it is in the midst of a dense and busy population, it has found that there is much good work to be done in this direction.
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The Marquis of Salisbury on Scientific Education . Nature 11, 241 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/011241a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/011241a0