INTRODUCTION 



IN writing a prefatory note to an Amer- 

 ican reprint of this notable address there 

 are three things to consider the writer, 

 his subject, and the occasion. The greatly 

 beloved author had a multitude of friends 

 in all lands, and far abler pens have written 

 much concerning himduring the past twelve 

 months. The subject is one of no less mo- 

 ment on this side of the Atlantic than to those 

 in older countries who concern themselves 

 with scholarship and education, though 

 here the classicists are having a particularly 

 hard struggle to retain in our academies, 

 schools, and colleges a proper footing for 

 the ancient languages and learning termed 

 ' ' the humanities. ' ' The circumstances un- 

 der which the address was given are less 

 familiar in this country than the author 

 and his subject, for we as yet have no cor- 



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