In any general system of education the English language should be taught where there is a demand for it, but such instructions should always be continued with a careful attention to the study of the vernacular language of the district and with such general instruction as can be conveyed through that language, and while the English langunge continues to be made use of as by far the most perfect medium for the education of those perons who have acquired a sufficient knonledge of it to receive general instruction through it, the vernacular languages must be employed to teach for the larger class who are ignorant of or imperfeetly acquaninted with English This can only be done effectually through the instrumentality of masters and professors who may by themselves knowing English, and thus having full access to the latest improvements in knowledge of every kind. Impart to their fellow countrymen, through the medium of their own mother-tongue, the information which they have thus obtained. At the same time as the importance of the vernacular language becomes more appreciated. the vernacular literature of India will be gradually enriched by translation of European books or
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