The Massachusetts Teacher, Volume 21Mass. Teachers' Association, 1868 - Education |
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... Greek is most assiduously cultivated . The latter expressly says , " the study of Greek ought to be retained in our schools . The whole future of our literature may depend upon it . " This view of the case dis- regards the influence on ...
... Greek is most assiduously cultivated . The latter expressly says , " the study of Greek ought to be retained in our schools . The whole future of our literature may depend upon it . " This view of the case dis- regards the influence on ...
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... Greek until doomsday , they will never acquire the Grecian sense of beauty , nor grow into Eng- lish fulness of soul . If this be so , either abandon the system or counteract its tendency , else , society , in a generation , will ...
... Greek until doomsday , they will never acquire the Grecian sense of beauty , nor grow into Eng- lish fulness of soul . If this be so , either abandon the system or counteract its tendency , else , society , in a generation , will ...
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... Greek or Roman ? Because , for the purpose we should ever hold , viz : to lay the foundations on which to raise a superstructure of cultivated society -society that can appreciate literature as an Art - nothing can supersede or rival ...
... Greek or Roman ? Because , for the purpose we should ever hold , viz : to lay the foundations on which to raise a superstructure of cultivated society -society that can appreciate literature as an Art - nothing can supersede or rival ...
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... Greek in their schools ; their youth re- paired to Athens and studied it there . Their authors modelled themselves on Greek thought and form . What was the result ? Whenever they attempted the higher Greek lyric they failed . They tried ...
... Greek in their schools ; their youth re- paired to Athens and studied it there . Their authors modelled themselves on Greek thought and form . What was the result ? Whenever they attempted the higher Greek lyric they failed . They tried ...
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... Greek sense of beauty , and never shall have . English literature , when it is English and not a Greek or French imitation , represents English heart and mind and ever will do so . We know its excellences and its defects . On the purely ...
... Greek sense of beauty , and never shall have . English literature , when it is English and not a Greek or French imitation , represents English heart and mind and ever will do so . We know its excellences and its defects . On the purely ...
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