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Free Education 



BY 



THE AMERICAN MUSEUM 

 OF NATURAL HISTORY 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

 AND COLLEGES 



HISTORY AND STATUS 



IN I917 



By 



GEORGE H. SHERWOOD 



Curator, Department of Public Education 



NEW YORK 

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