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Please cite as “Herschel8977,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8977
Sets out JH's views concerning the education that should be offered at the South African College. Stresses, among other points, that preference should be given to positive knowledge rather than to systems. Recommends which languages should be studied. Favors a broad education. Advises on many details.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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