Note 7 — Chapter X
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[I had myself put Mr. Hullah in relation with the Government, and with Mr. Eden, who tried his system of musical instruction (based on Wilhem’s plan) at the schools at Battersea. Indeed, I persuaded Hullah to go to France to study Wilhem’s system, which was in operation there. Lord Lansdowne saw that musical education was a neutral ground on which all parties (those most divided) might agree; and he took up this idea with success. Sydney Smith went to this lecture, to Hullah’s great delight, and it was very successful. Mr. Hullah, after a long and useful career, died in 1884.—H.R.]