[20] Frankenstein was published in 1818.
[21] House of Commons, April 27, 1866.
[22] Letter to Dundas, with a sketch of a Negro Code, 1792. But see Life of W. Wilberforce, v. p. 157.
CHAPTER II
ETON
(1821-1827)
It is in her public schools and universities that the youth of England are, by a discipline which shallow judgments have sometimes attempted to undervalue, prepared for the duties of public life. There are rare and splendid exceptions, to be sure, but in my conscience I believe, that England would not be what she is without her system of public education, and that no other country can become what England is, without the advantages of such a system.—Canning.
It is difficult to discern the true dimensions of objects in that mirage which covers the studies of one's youth.—Gladstone.