. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. our duty to study carefully the s^stem adopted by the ^^^^nation which has carried these tests to the highest perfection, conferred byin some respects, in order that we may learn what errors toavoid and what plans to imitate. We can scarcely conceive what asweeping change would be causedby our full adoption of the Chinesesystem. Imagine the rank of aduke to be conferred on th
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. our duty to study carefully the s^stem adopted by the ^^^^nation which has carried these tests to the highest perfection, conferred byin some respects, in order that we may learn what errors toavoid and what plans to imitate. We can scarcely conceive what asweeping change would be causedby our full adoption of the Chinesesystem. Imagine the rank of aduke to be conferred on the seniorwrangler or senior classic ; imaginethe prime minister being selectedas Indian civil service candidatesare now ; and, Avhat is more im-portant, imagine the respect givento titled and wealthy people trans-ferred to the successful examinees,and we should have some idea ofthe possible effects of a further risein the importance of the greatgod, competitive examination. While we have learnt togroan over the misfortunes of the• plucked man, he is severity ofmet with far more abun- *^® *®^*^-dantly in China. Successive testsexclude far more candidates than with ussuccessful in the first, or local CHINESE COIFFURE. Scarcely one per cent, areThe departmental examina-tion, which is much as if a student went up to his county town, afterhaving passed in his native place, cuts out many more ; and then anImperial examination takes place, beyond which the majority do notproceed ; for the Imperial degree they gain gives them many Graduatedprivileges, including the much-valued exemption from corporal examinations,punishment if they chance to offend against the laws. Those who aspireto higher successes pass on to the triennial examinations, held, as LondonUniversity examinations are largely held, at important local capitals, asBirmingham and Manchester; again the total number of candidates,sifted though they have been, is very large, and only about one out ofevery hundr
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