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232 ON MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION.
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to alteration from survey time to time . Nothing , can be more fascinating , than chemistand electricity ; but inasmuch as these are
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232 On Middle-Class Education.
232 ON MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 232, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/16/
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