xlii Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



appear to be inculcated, no obligation is enforced of the 

 pupil thinking for himself. It is a neglect of this kind 

 that I hope will be pointed out by means of this section, 

 and in this way we may aid, not inconsiderably, in the 

 general scheme of State education ; a scheme which in 

 particulars, other than those of art-knowledge, is greatly in 

 need of amendment. 



