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with thoroughly, and recognize that except 

 for the few in "Mods." and " Greats " it 

 is superfluous to know how the instrument 

 is constructed, or to dissect the neuro-mus- 

 cular mechanism by which it is played. It 

 is satisfactory to read that the Greek Cur- 

 riculum Committee thinks "it is possible 

 in a comparatively short time to acquire a 

 really valuable knowledge of Greek, and to 

 learn to read with accuracy and fair fluency 

 some of the most important works in Greek 

 literature." I am sure of it, if the teacher 

 will go to school to Montaigne and feed fat 

 against that old scoundrel Protagoras a 

 well-earned grudge for inventing grammar 

 pace Mr. Livingstone, every chapter in 

 whose two books appeal to me, except 

 those on grammar, against which I have 

 a medullary prejudice. I speak, of course, 

 as a fool among the wise, and I am not 

 pleading for the " 'Greats' ' men, but for the 

 average man, whom to infect with the spirit 



