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... Greek ad aperturam libri . . . . I think that if the boys had acquired a fair knowledge of Latin and Greek there might be something to be said for the present system ; but seeing that they learn hardly any Latin and Greek , there could ...
... Greek ad aperturam libri . . . . I think that if the boys had acquired a fair knowledge of Latin and Greek there might be something to be said for the present system ; but seeing that they learn hardly any Latin and Greek , there could ...
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... Greek as might be learnt otherwise easily and delightfully in one year . " ( John Milton , " Of Education , " & c . Prose Works , vol . ii . p . 381. London : Pickering . 1851. ) Similarly , in our own time , the eminent writer already ...
... Greek as might be learnt otherwise easily and delightfully in one year . " ( John Milton , " Of Education , " & c . Prose Works , vol . ii . p . 381. London : Pickering . 1851. ) Similarly , in our own time , the eminent writer already ...
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... Greek and Latin have had sole sway in universities and schools for cen- turies , Royal Commissioners should feel com- pelled to adopt the statement that competent teachers of our own tongue are not to be found . I know not if those who ...
... Greek and Latin have had sole sway in universities and schools for cen- turies , Royal Commissioners should feel com- pelled to adopt the statement that competent teachers of our own tongue are not to be found . I know not if those who ...
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... Greek and Latin tongues used in the very names of things - things wholly unknown to , unthought of by , Greeks and Romans - things brought within human knowledge by modern men- Englishmen and others . It is , to say the least , an ...
... Greek and Latin tongues used in the very names of things - things wholly unknown to , unthought of by , Greeks and Romans - things brought within human knowledge by modern men- Englishmen and others . It is , to say the least , an ...
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... Greek which he has not read before . . . . At colleges which are not full , and have a direct pecuniary interest in being lax , the test , a slight one at best , obviously vanishes altogether . " 66 Responsions : -The result of the ...
... Greek which he has not read before . . . . At colleges which are not full , and have a direct pecuniary interest in being lax , the test , a slight one at best , obviously vanishes altogether . " 66 Responsions : -The result of the ...
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