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ceded. The whole fabric of European and 

 American education bears testimony to that. 

 Science and modern languages have so many 

 of the rooms on the south side that the classics 

 now have to put up with the cold shade of 

 neglect. They have been, educationally, dises- 

 tablished; they have been ousted from their 

 proud supremacy; but it looks as if disestab- 

 lishment had made classical teaching more en- 

 ergetic than ever, and given it stronger claims 

 on popular sympathy. It is difficult to speak 

 of cause and effect here. I do not know 

 whether it would be an insult or a compliment 

 to teachers of the classics to suggest that they 

 were intimidated by the threats of essayists 

 into setting their house in order and infusing 

 more life into their instruction: it would be a 

 compliment to their adaptability and power 

 of dealing with circumstances, but it might be 

 a reflection on the character which needed the 

 stimulus of terror to achieve its full perfection. 

 It is better, I think, to take the safe ground 

 of showing that the English-speaking world 

 was at that particular period really ripe for a 

 new start in the matter of Latin and Greek. 



