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FOOTNOTES:
[1] And really, though not nominally, in the United States, where the first concepts are found in the kindergarten, and where an excellent course in mensuration is given in any of our better class of arithmetics. That we are wise in not attempting serious demonstrative geometry much earlier seems to be generally conceded.
[2] The third stage of geometry as defined in the recent circular (No. 711) of the British Board of Education, London, 1909.
[3] The closing words of a sensible review of the British Board of Education circular (No. 711), on "The Teaching of Geometry" (London, 1909), by H. S. Hall in the School World, 1909, p. 222.
[4] In an address in London, June 15, 1909, at a dinner to Sir Ernest Shackelton.
[5] Governor Hughes, now Justice Hughes, of New York, at the Peary testimonial on February 8, 1910, at New York City.