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      "chunk_data": "The same conference which passed the Resolution cited immediately above also gave attention to the purposes of English medium schools run by the missions. The Resolution cited below emphasises the evangelistic purposes of such schools. Proceedings of a General Conference of Bengal Protestant Missionaries, 1855, pp. 82-83.",
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