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study of the Ancient Languages in the case 

 of those who after a trial show no aptitude 

 for them. For the schools, the problem is how 

 to discover among the boys and girls those 

 who have the kind of gift which makes it 

 worth while to take them out of the mass and 

 give them due facilities for pursuing their 

 studies at the higher secondary schools so 

 that they may proceed thence to the univer- 

 sities and further prosecute them there. 

 Many of you, as leaders, know better than I 

 how this problem may be solved: solved it 

 must be if the whole community is not to lose 

 the benefit of our system of graded schools/' 

 And in this connection let me quote a few 

 words from a recent letter in Nature by Mr 

 M. D. Hill, an Eton master of 20 years' expe- 

 rience. He writes: "The boys who are best 

 at classics are also best at science.... Every 

 intelligent boy must be given equal oppor- 



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