Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Princeton Review, Vol. 60: March, 1884
HE address of Mr. C. F. Adams Jr., before the Alumni of Harvard College, at the last Commencement, has caused to break out afresh an opposition - which had slumbered for some time - to the requirement of Greek for admission to our colleges. It is understood that the President of Harvard is among those who would permit to' be substituted for the Greek in the pre paratory course one or more of the modern languages. The number and zeal of the advocates of this innovation, with the help of so energetic a leader, may give success to the effort. In this case the example of Harvard is likely to be followed by a greater or less number of other colleges. This would produce a very serious alteration in our system of education, and one that ought not to be adopted without grave deliberation. At the outset, it is best to concede to the champions of this projected revolution all that can be fairly claimed on their side. The defence of the classics is often based on exaggerated state ments, and is really weakened by being placed on narrow grounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
