"England is known to provide so freely for the education of the poor of every other class without distinction of creed. Why should the deaf and dumb be the exception? Why should not a privilege be granted to the speechless poor which is so liberally bestowed on all others?"
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Speaking to the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society in Ireland in 1863-05 saying schools for the deaf and dumb had been set up in many other countries but not England
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