I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.

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In this quote, the speaker reflects on their education and attributes their well-rounded knowledge to the influence of an exceptional woman who was their school's head. The speaker considers themselves well educated because they were fortunate to have this woman as a teacher from a young age until they were in their early teens. The speaker acknowledges her as a natural educator who possessed teaching abilities that went beyond her era's standards.

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