Excerpt from Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, 1845, Vol. 2: With Appendices Of these exercises, there are some which may lay claim to a considerable share of literary merit. They afford the evidence of a taste cultivated b reading, an ample diction, and that facility in composition which is only to be acquired by a long-continued practice. Looking at these as acquisitions commonly founded upon an imperfect early education, and made often in the intervals of a laborious calling, under circumstances of great discoure ment and difficulty, I cannot but consider them as indicative 0 very high qualifications for the office which these young men seek. An opportunity having been afforded me of conversing with each student apart from the rest, I have founded this Opinion, not less on the impression left on my mind by these interviews, than on my examination of their exercises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.