The Duke of Argyll presented the Scotch Education Bill in a speech remarkable for its clearness and spirit. We must quote the Duke's testimony to the sympathy felt in all parts of Scotland for drinking. It is nearly impossible to obtain evidence against a master accused of that offence. Witnesses asked if they saw the master drunk will deny it, and then qualify the denial with, "Ye wad hao kenned that lus'd been tasting," weaning, says tho Duke, that he could hardly lie on the floor without holding on. "The Board of Education to be emitted by the Act, however, if. morally convinced, will not require legal evidence, having, says the speaker, somewhat excessive, if not indeed arbitrary, power of dismissal — power almost iiidispensible, from the difficulty of proving incompetence.
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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 526, 1 June 1869, Page 2
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