I think we have always made it quite clear that the best boys from the grammar schools were absolutely first-class.
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Who is thebestboyat school, or in a regiment, or on a ship?
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I hope that the principle of thebestboygetting the rewards will prevail in the future, in the educational world of this country.
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What we desire is to let thebestboycome to the front whatever may be his class in life.
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Surely a scholarship should go to thebestboy.
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And it is no use kidding ourselves, and we do kid ourselves, about the fact that every boy is thebestboyin the school at something or other.
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The more you improve the teacher the more you facilitate this vital process of bringing the best boys up to the top.
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My generation saw the loss of many of our best boys.
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If at the present time the best boys come from the public schools, then they should be given their opportunity.
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They are not sending up their best boys.
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Many of my best boys went into industry, where they still are.
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They were and are some of the best boys it has ever been my privilege to know.
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So it is the case really that grammar schools do provide some of the best boys, but there are not enough of them coming forward.
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The best boys leave, and yet the farmers want trained boys of intelligence who can work machines.
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They were twelve of the best boys from that school.
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