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“...1815 and 1816 to introduce writing in sand, and monitors, and division into classes, into two Chinese Schools 3 but
‘ from want of a perfect knowledge of the system, and from the great press of other more weighty labours, I could not ensure the results
‘ which would have followed a more regular attention. It has been my most earnest wish that we had some one here perfectly versed in
‘it to learn the Chinese languages, and to teach your system to a few lads, whom we could send out to our several Mission Schools. I
“am not certain whether it would not be an object and one of the greatest you have yet tried, for your Society to send out some person of
‘rather studious habit to this place for five or three years, to attempt to introduce your system on this side the Ganges. I would
‘recommend the subject to your most earnest consideration. If your excellent Institution could not, consistently with its rules do so, yet
‘some arrangements might be made between your Committee and that of the London...”
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