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who rule Oxford and Cambridge in this 

 matter." 



To insist on the retention of Greek in the 

 Previous Examination is to close Cambridge 

 to many of those who would profit most by 

 its lessons, who would carry the rich benefits 

 three years residence here can give to places 

 where at present they never penetrate, and 

 who themselves in not a few instances would 

 add to the lustre and the glory of our Univer- 

 sity. 



The study of Greek is not really advanced 

 by its compulsory character. Lord Bryce, in 

 a recent article addressed in the first instance 

 to a classical audience, writes, after a refer- 

 ence to the very few who retain a competent 

 knowledge of Latin and Greek beyond an 

 early age: "Let us frankly admit the facts. 

 Let us recognise that the despotism of a 

 purely grammatical study of the Ancient 



