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The dash of wave and the r&amp;lt;$ar of wind play havoc 

 with our melancholy, and fill us with shame that we 

 have so much as asked tfle question, &quot; Is Life 

 Worth Living ? &quot; 



There is no grander entrance gate to the great 

 world of thought than the Greek Literature. Uni 

 versities are broadening their courses to meet the 

 multiplied demands of modern knowledge and to 

 fit men for the varied pursuits of modern life, but 

 for those who desire familiarity with human life in 

 its broadest expression, and especially for those 

 who seek familiarity with the literary spirit and 

 mastery of the literary art, Greek must hold its 

 place in the curriculum to the end of time. This 

 implies no disparagement of our own literature a 

 literature which spreads its dome over a wider 

 world of feeling and knowledge than the Greek ever 

 saw within the horizon of his experience ; but the 

 Greek, like the Hebrew, will remain to the latest 

 generation among the great teachers of men. He 

 was born into the first rank among nations ; he 

 had an eye quick to see, a mind clear, open, and 

 bold to grasp facts, set them in order, and general 

 ize their law ; an instinct for art that turned all his 

 observation and thinking into literature. Whether 

 he looked at the world about him or fixed his gaze 

 upon his own nature, his insight was from the very 

 beginning so direct, so commanding, so perfectly 

 allied with beauty, that his speculations became 

 philosophy and his emotions poetry. There was 



