Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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... Greek . The academies accordingly teach Latin and Greek ; and they teach it in the way to se- cure admission to the college . Hence , because of this ac- tion of the college , the schools do not exist in this country in which my ...
... Greek . The academies accordingly teach Latin and Greek ; and they teach it in the way to se- cure admission to the college . Hence , because of this ac- tion of the college , the schools do not exist in this country in which my ...
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... Greek . We trundle a single wheel- barrow load of Greek up and down and across the boy's mind ; and then we clasp our hands , and cant about a sub- tile fineness and impalpable but very precious residuum ! All we have in fact done is to ...
... Greek . We trundle a single wheel- barrow load of Greek up and down and across the boy's mind ; and then we clasp our hands , and cant about a sub- tile fineness and impalpable but very precious residuum ! All we have in fact done is to ...
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... Greek and Latin as the basis of all college education . We are willing - at least I am willing to concede a prefer- ence , and a great preference , to the dead over the living , to the classic over the modern . All I would ask would be ...
... Greek and Latin as the basis of all college education . We are willing - at least I am willing to concede a prefer- ence , and a great preference , to the dead over the living , to the classic over the modern . All I would ask would be ...
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