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...five, while Great Britain contains about a dozen. The old universities of France were swept away by the Revolution, but a new system of education has since sprung up, the centre of which, established at Paris, has direct control over all the educational matters of the country. Of the Plussial universities, those of Prague and Heldeioerg, founded in the fifteenth century, are the oldest. The educational system of Germany ranks among the very best, and is admirably adapted for the advancement of science and philosophy. England has four noted universities, Cambridge, Oxford, London, and Burham, the two former having early...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: European Universities. | 1/15/1885 | See Source »

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