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CHAPTER XL 



EDUCATION. 



Varied classes of the population — Enterprising and industrions 

 Americans — They contribute to maintain and support the 

 energies of the Bermudans — Extraordinary resources of Ber- 

 muda cannot be viewed - with indifference by the philosophic 

 and contemplative mind — Diffusion of the humanizing arts — 

 Character of Berkeley College — A magnificent charity — Great 

 desideratum of a place of study and retirement for young men 

 — Berkeley College should be thrown open to white and coloured 

 people in the West Indies — Great advantage of the college to 

 Bermuda — National feeling — School education of young people 

 of colour — Prejudice of the white population — Bishop Berkeley 

 — The colony a centre of commerce and its advantages — The 

 spirit of literature and philanthropy — Free schools — Eacts 

 relating to the education of the poor. 



From the review taken in the preceding chapters, it 

 will be seen how varied is the population of this 

 archipelago, both in character and employments ; and 

 that it consists both of agricultural and commercial 

 classes of different ranks in the scale of each — from 

 the poorest, who seek a precarious subsistence in the 



