Practical science as taught in N.S.W. Public schools

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Livingston Hopkins, Practical science as taught in N.S.W. Public schools, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 547 (9 Aug 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-450842963

Practical science as taught in N.S.W. Public schools

His mother: “Then what did the schoolmaster cut your palm for?”
He: “To teach me how many bones there are in the human hand.