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of Arts in London. The first item of that programme is, 
“That to establish and maintain a system of Technical 
Education adequate to the requirements of arts, manufac- 
tures and commerce in the United Kingdom, the three fol- 
lowing Educational reforms should be effected : 
“Ist. In the Universities, Grammar Schools, and other 
Educational Institutions for the upper and middle classes of 
society, instruction in science and art should be placed on the 
same favorable footing as other studies. 2d. Efficient means 
of primary and secondary instruction should be brought 
within the reach of the working classes everywhere, and en- 
couragement should be given to the study of the elements of 
science and art in the upper classes of all primary schools 
which receive aid from government ; and 8d, Special Institu- 
tions for Technical Instruction, adapted to the wants of the 
various classes of society, and to the industries of the 
country, should be established and maintained in the United 
Kingdom.” 
Being a member of that Society, I was present at the 
discussion which then took place between some of our most 
celebrated men of high capacity. These views of popular 
education associated with science, were then new to England. 
I have since found that you had in part anticipated this tardy 
action of the old country, by your admirable, efficient and 
popular system for educating the people, but I have also 
found that the connection of science with education is here, 
as at home, a barren field awaiting the action of the cultiva- 
tors. It was my good fortune on my arrival here, to secure 
the attention of this old-established and most respectable 
Society, the Lyceum of Natural History in New York, when 
your President and his Coadjutors were pleased to sanction 
my then expressed views, by recommending me to bring them 
before the public of New York, which (as you may remem- 
ber) I had the honor of doing on the 26th of March, 1868, 
at the Cooper Union, to one of the largest audiences to which 
I ever had the pleasure of presenting myself; nearly 3000 
persons endorsed your opinion of the views I put before 
them, by inviting me to deliver a course of lectures on 
