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mind. "No man/' he says, "in our day can 

 be deemed educated who has not some know- 

 ledge of the relation of the sciences to one 

 another and a just conception of the methods 

 by which they respectively advance/' He 

 presses strongly the importance of literary 

 studies because of the service they render to 

 us for practical life, for mental stimulus and 

 training, and for enjoyment, and as an intro- 

 duction to his views on the claims of the 

 classics, he writes: "A word must be said on 

 the practical aspect of the matter as it affects 

 the curricula of schools and universities. I 

 do not contend that the study of the ancients 

 is to be imposed on all, or even on the bulk, 

 of those who remain at school until eighteen 

 or on most of those who enter a university. 

 It is generally admitted that at the univer- 

 sities the present system cannot be main- 

 tained we shall effect a saving if we drop the 



