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Instead of legal knowledge being scattered through several languages—two of which are among the most difficult in the world—it will all be collected in our own language and in that of our native subjects.[1] The colleges established for giving instruction in Mahommedan and Hindu law, may now, in perfect accordance with their original design, be employed in educating enlightened men; and the plan of education at all the other seminaries may be so arranged, that to whatever extent we succeed in improving the moral worth and cultivating the intellect of our subjects, to that same extent we shall provide materials for the pure and intelligent administration of the law.
Another great change has of late years been
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- ↑ The difficulties in the way of giving legal instruction at the Government seminaries, which are now on the point of being removed, were thus noticed by the Education Committee, in their report for 1835:—“Law would occupy the third place; but at present this branch of instruction is attended with many difficulties, arising from the number of conflicting systems of law which prevail in this country, and the various languages in which they are embodied. The labours of the Law Commissioners, will, we hope, soon supply a condensed body of Anglo-Indian law, in the English and vernacular languages; and it will then be proper to adopt measures to procure qualified legal instructors for each of our more important seminaries. We conceive that great advantages must result to the judicial administration from encouraging the best educated, who are also, we hope, the most moral and upright of the native youth, to seek employment in it.”
