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Considerations on the proposals for building a new grammar-shool, in the city of Edinburgh
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DescriptionSetting forth the inutility of such a scheme, and the prejudice that might result therefrom to education. With a proposal for the increase of latin-schools, and some observations on the present mode of teaching..
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