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THE Kingdom of Portugal has for its 4,700,000 inhabitants but a single university—that of Coimbra, which was originally founded at Lisbon in 1290. The university has a corps of instructors numbering 70, is attended by 1,100 students, possesses a library of 42,000 volumes, and is equipped with astronomical and meteorological observatories, as well as natural history collections. Advanced education is likewise provided for by polytechnics, medical academies, and industrial institutes in Lisbon and Oporto, and an agricultural school. The elementary schools of the land number 2,450, and parents lose their political rights if their children cannot read and write at the age of 15.
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UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL INTELLIGENCE . Nature 18, 374 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018374a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/018374a0