The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-09 00:00:00

GREEK LITERATURE.

It was justly said by the Emperor Charles 'the
Fifth, that to learn a new language is to acquire a
new soul. And it may be added with equal jus-
tice that the Greek language and literature, when
properly studied, confer upon a man, in the highest
degree, that advantage which he is sure to derive
in some degree from the study of any foreign lan-
guage and literature whatever. Now that our foreign
relations are every day brought home more inti-
mately, to the very heart of the English people,lower
classes and all, it is more generally felt that a man
is at a disadvantage, who is acquainted only with
the writers of his native tongue, and who believes
that tastes and habits of thought, which belong
only to his own age and country, are mseparabls
from the nature of the race. Every one by nature
is a Chinaman ; he will not give np 'a sovereign
contempt for everything beyond the wall of his
own celestial empire, which is merely the effect
of ignorance. But a very slight initiation into
Greek literature, provided it be undertaken bona
fide, and under sufficient auspices, is sufficient
to work a change. A man then finds that
principles of politics and morals, directly contrary
to those which he has hitherto supposed to be
unquestionable, have been held by large and
enlightened communities ; that feelings which are
so common among his contemporaries, that he had
supposed them to be instinctive, have been unknown
to whole generations ; and that images which have
never failed to excite the ridicule of those among
whom he has lived, have been thought grand and
sublime by millions. A new world of literature
and science has thus been discovered for him. New
veins of intellectual wealth have been laid open.—
Literary Gazette, Dec. 4.

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