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... Greek : the entire Roman lite- rature is only an echo of the Greek literature . The Romans made no scruple in acknowledging the obligations they were under to the cultivation of Grecian learning . Their enthusiasm was di- rected to the ...
... Greek : the entire Roman lite- rature is only an echo of the Greek literature . The Romans made no scruple in acknowledging the obligations they were under to the cultivation of Grecian learning . Their enthusiasm was di- rected to the ...
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... Greek language produced a complete change . Profound speculations on morals , legis- lation , and government ; lively pictures of human life and manners ; pure and energetic models of political eloquence , drove out the jargon of a ...
... Greek language produced a complete change . Profound speculations on morals , legis- lation , and government ; lively pictures of human life and manners ; pure and energetic models of political eloquence , drove out the jargon of a ...
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... are , in intellectual wealth , could we venture even now to tell our youth that they have no longer occa- sion to seek for nourishment from the stores of the Latin , Greek , French , German , Spanish THE PEOPLE OF INDIA . 41.
... are , in intellectual wealth , could we venture even now to tell our youth that they have no longer occa- sion to seek for nourishment from the stores of the Latin , Greek , French , German , Spanish THE PEOPLE OF INDIA . 41.
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Charles Edward Trevelyan. the Latin , Greek , French , German , Spanish , and Italian literatures ? The French fell into a mis- take of this kind , and they have suffered for it . Proud of the honour , and sensible of the political ...
Charles Edward Trevelyan. the Latin , Greek , French , German , Spanish , and Italian literatures ? The French fell into a mis- take of this kind , and they have suffered for it . Proud of the honour , and sensible of the political ...
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... Greek and Latin were to the contemporaries of More and Ascham , our tongue is to the people of India . The literature of England is now more valuable than that of classical antiquity . I doubt whether the Sanskrit literature be as ...
... Greek and Latin were to the contemporaries of More and Ascham , our tongue is to the people of India . The literature of England is now more valuable than that of classical antiquity . I doubt whether the Sanskrit literature be as ...
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Page 14 - His Lordship in council directs, that all the funds which these reforms will leave at the disposal of the committee be henceforth employed in imparting to the native population a knowledge of English literature and science, through the medium of the English language...
Page 13 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 30 - Days, in a regular progression of single Days ; with Interest at all the above Rates, from One to Twelve Months, and from One to Ten Years.
Page 97 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
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