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that title has been made by many illustrious scholars. The range 

 of his sympathies with Greek literature was indicated early in his 

 career. The Greek grammar appeared in 1870; in the same year 

 was published Goodwin's revision, in five volumes, of the transla- 

 tion of Plutarch's " Morals " made by various hands in the seven- 

 teenth century. Innumerable errors and infelicities of the old trans- 

 lation were cleared away by Goodwin, whose work was termed a 

 " vindication " of Plutarch by Emerson, who contributed an Intro- 

 duction to the revision. English readers who would acquaint them- 

 selves with the deep and broad humanity of the sage of Chseronea, 

 in whom the intellect was illuminated hy the force of morals, will 

 long continue to use the translation of the Cambridge scholar. 



With Greek philosophy Goodwin never claimed the intimate 

 acquaintance of the professional philosopher. The temper of his 

 mind was not metaphysical. Yet he had a large knowledge of the 

 great ethical books of Greek literature, and years of close study 

 made him a wise and judicious interpreter of the "Republic" of 

 Plato and of Aristotle's " Ethics." To the investigation of the 

 history, antiquities, and law of ancient Greece he brought a mind 

 keenly observant of the similarities and differences between ancient 

 and modern times. It is in the interpretation of the masterpiece of 

 Greek oratory that the scholar must be able to draw, in well-nigh 

 equal measure, upon a sound knowledge of ancient history and 

 ancient law. Goodwin's mastery of this double field appears in his 

 editions of Demosthenes' "On the Crown" (1901) and "Against 

 Midias " (1906). He wrote also on "The Relation of the 7rp6e8poi 

 to the irpvTdvets in the Athenian Senate " {Transactions of the Ameri- 

 can Philological Association, Vol. 16, 1885), and on "The Value of 

 the Attic Talent in Modern Money" (0. c. Vol. 16). 



It is to be regretted that Goodwin would not allow himself to 

 be persuaded to give to the world an edition of ^schylus, to the 

 interpretation of whose text he devoted years of profound study. 

 He edited the text and prepared a translation of the " Agamemnon," 

 to be used in connection with the public presentation of that play by 

 the Department of Classics at Harvard in 1906. Of his critical 

 method we have a luminous example in the paper entitled " On the 



