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with a couple of Greek plays or so, and a little 

 Greek grammar. But he can do this before he 

 comes into residence; once at Oxford he can 

 devote himself entirely to any "ology" that he 

 pleases, without further interruption. And 

 some of his most eminent leaders say that the 

 interruption, such as it is, does him no harm, 

 but rather good. These are thorny subjects. 



The controversy has really been creditable 

 to both sides. It shows, after all, how zealous 

 we are about education, and that is the great 

 thing; and if universities have come in for 

 hard knocks, they have only to expect it : suf- 

 fering is the badge of all their tribe. I should 

 not leave this subject without acknowledging 

 the great help which the "defenders of Greek" 

 have received from America, — ^sympathy 

 shown in printed words or viva voce. Espe- 

 cially, coming as the help does from that coun- 

 try, it has done a great deal to show that the 

 cause is not one of irrational, pig-headed 

 conservatism. 



We may claim, as I said, to have in view the 

 wide dissemination of some sort of Greek cul- 

 ture, — Greek for science men is one way to 



