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examination in the light of facts, no more than 

 nonsense. In nearly all the British colonies, where 

 aboriginal children of various races are educated 

 in elementary schools under the same conditions as 

 European children, it is in evidence in the published 

 State records that the former learn just as easily 

 and readily as European children, and are capable 

 of showing equally good examination results. The 

 same is true of the negro children in the public 

 elementary schools of the United States. 



Coming to higher education and to the results 

 displayed in conditions where students of European 

 races are trained and educated for the higher 

 activities of the world side by side with representa- 

 tives of almost all the leading peoples outside Europe, 

 the facts are equally noteworthy. 



At many centres of university and higher educa- 

 tion in England, and at a large number of centres 

 of learning and higher training on the continent of 

 Europe, students of Indian, Japanese, Burmese, 

 Siamese, Chinese, Negro, and many other races are 

 to be found undergoing preparation for the higher 

 professions and for the superior work of the world 

 under exactly the same conditions as students of 

 European races. The results go to show that non- 

 European students quite hold their own in intel- 

 lectual achievement in comparison with European 



