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AT a meeting held at the Mansion House on Friday last, in support of the scheme for establishing Polytechnic Institutes in South London, an able and interesting speech was delivered by Lord Salisbury. Having pointed out that of late years much had been done for primary education, he went on to show that a sound system of secondary education for the great mass of the people was not less necessary. Secondary education, as we know it at present, had been established for the benefit of classes who in the main had not to work for their living. Plainly, therefore, it was not adapted to the needs of the working classes. “What we have now to do,” he continued, “is to provide an education which will develop for each man the faculties that Nature has given him in such a manner that he may be as active, profitable, and prosperous a member of the community as possible.” Lord Salisbury then passed in review the efforts which have been made in London to meet the demand for technical instruction, and concluded as follows:—
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Industrial Training . Nature 38, 155–156 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038155a0
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