Speech on the Commission of Inquiry Into the State of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: Delivered by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M. P. for the University of Oxford, on Thursday, July 18, 1850 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Speech on the Commission of Inquiry Into the State of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: Delivered by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M. P. For the University of Oxford, on Thursday, July 18, 1850 One of the most popular and plausible of these, in regard to Oxford, is that, under the present sys tem, you have no security for the appointment of the most competent persons to fill the office of tutor; and ingenious arguments are used, to show how this failure may possibly occur. But I ask this House to ...
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Excerpt from Speech on the Commission of Inquiry Into the State of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: Delivered by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M. P. For the University of Oxford, on Thursday, July 18, 1850 One of the most popular and plausible of these, in regard to Oxford, is that, under the present sys tem, you have no security for the appointment of the most competent persons to fill the office of tutor; and ingenious arguments are used, to show how this failure may possibly occur. But I ask this House to turn from speculation to facts. I will try the character of the Oxford Tutors by the best test of which the case admits, and one which, though I do not assert it to be perfect, will nevertheless be admitted to be adequate: I mean the honours which they have gained from the University. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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