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... addition to the measures adopted for the diffusion of English in the provinces , and which are yet only in their infancy , the encouragement of the Vidyalaya , or Hindu college of Calcutta , has always been one of the chief objects of ...
... addition to the measures adopted for the diffusion of English in the provinces , and which are yet only in their infancy , the encouragement of the Vidyalaya , or Hindu college of Calcutta , has always been one of the chief objects of ...
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... addition to an oriental course , and the study which was secondary was naturally neglected . The translations into Arabic , also , appeared to have made as little impression upon the few who knew that language , as upon the mass of the ...
... addition to an oriental course , and the study which was secondary was naturally neglected . The translations into Arabic , also , appeared to have made as little impression upon the few who knew that language , as upon the mass of the ...
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... addition of a few scraps of European medical science , was taught in classes which had been attached for that purpose to the Arabic and Sanskrit colleges at Calcutta . There was also a separate institution at Calcutta , the object of ...
... addition of a few scraps of European medical science , was taught in classes which had been attached for that purpose to the Arabic and Sanskrit colleges at Calcutta . There was also a separate institution at Calcutta , the object of ...
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... additions from the rapid increase of wealth . Hence arose a demand which the classical lan- guages could not satisfy , and from this demand sprang the vernacular literature of Europe . We are indebted to foreign nations and distant ages ...
... additions from the rapid increase of wealth . Hence arose a demand which the classical lan- guages could not satisfy , and from this demand sprang the vernacular literature of Europe . We are indebted to foreign nations and distant ages ...
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... addition of vain and empty subtilties since produced by speculative men , such as is already commonly taught in all parts of India . " The Sanskrit language , so difficult that almost a lifetime is necessary for its acquisition , is ...
... addition of vain and empty subtilties since produced by speculative men , such as is already commonly taught in all parts of India . " The Sanskrit language , so difficult that almost a lifetime is necessary for its acquisition , is ...
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Page 13 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
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Page 97 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
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