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education and the principles on which this great human science has 

 developed ; at the worst he can fall back on Pope for comfort and 

 inspiration : 



' Whate'er is best administered is best.' 



There is a story that there was once a subaltern in a famous cavalry 

 regiment who was so stupid that his brother officers noticed it. There is 

 an equally apocryphal incident of an educationist who was so platitudinous 

 that an educational conference noticed it. I wonder whether I have 

 emulated him. 



