Address of the President, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: At a Meeting of the Society for Training Teachers of the Deaf and Diffusion of the "germa

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Excerpt from Address of the President, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: At a Meeting of the Society for Training Teachers of the Deaf and Diffusion of the "German" System in the United Kingdom, Held by His Grace's Permission in the Library, Lambeth Palace, June 28th, 1877I find it mentioned also in the paper which has been placed in my hands, that the number of persons who suffer under this calamity is very considerable indeed, and I suppose it may be taken for granted, that a very large proportion of' those who suffer are of the poorest class. We have been engaged during the past few years in great efforts about education, and I have heard it said, only yesterday, by a great authority, that probably in the course of a few years there would not be a human being in England who could not pass a respectable examination in certain elementary matters of education. But if there be so large a number of deaf and dumb persons of the poorest class of the community, I am afraid it will bafiie the skill of even the best teachers, with out some such aid as this institution seeks to give, to raise them to the standard of common knowledge of the commonest. Kind, such as we hope will soon be Spread among the poorest of our population. It is said, that there are at the present time persons deaf and dumb who receive no instruction at all, and I-.do not quite understand how they can receive any instruction. A. Few of those may be selected by the guardians, and at considerable expense to the parish, they. May send them to. Some of the existing institutions, but surely there must be some general effort on the part..of the whole. Community before we can meet the evil. Ten thousand persons is but a small number, out of but. It is a considerable body of persons, and it will be a disgrace to this country, if in the course of the next few years, some.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.