Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-22

Hall, dissenting English minister m, -,
the most thorough classical scholars Of -,
day. The students at college used Ia 60. ~ !,
Mackin iosh and Hall, when sean to,o,5 ="
there goes Plato sLd Socrates If Won 81,
from the writings and speeches of VII.
Writ, one OF our great orators. all ,b,.t
got from Virgil, you would strip him b..l
50 of others CT our orators. Other Thu.
being equal, man can never become Sc ..
O Lawyer as the thorough Latin schoIa," 40
nor as great u physician as the thor
Greek scholar can. Nlne.tenths Of TIN -
theological writings are 10 the Latin ca,
own word is 10 the Greek and Ueb,sr
And to these languages We are connalIss ;,
refer when the text 10 10 dispute. A
see what lie TO preserve our COED old moth.
English if the classics are neglected IT,
are two books in our own language TIA, -.
classic: "Tho Pilgrims Progress" and r.
son Crusoe." have several times sst i,,-.
in company with those ueier my care .,i
baveendeavOred toimpr0ye upon one ,apt,1,.
even in each Of these works. We tor,..
we had done so sometimes but unou ca,.f-i
scrutiny We found we hsi not. lido u3,I,,
lieye tits in the power Of man 70 improve the,
One OF the writers Of these two work. VA.
most thorough classical schUlar--,he o,s..
possessed prodislOus genius that sucked -,
his whole mother tongue. The bes, cl.,.;,.
are the Word Of God. | vii! Put the sI,,
OF Joseph against any narrative in snv l,,.
guase The oldest L pc is poj tia, Of H,ms.
but the book of Job. 1t is full Of scico,.i,
truths, OF beautiful imagery. lgsomsolbi n,
expressions were found 10 Aristotle tbsv
would be cauonized by the philosophers
Take tue narrative Of the raising Of L,z,rs.
from the dead as recorded 10 the New T.,
tameui--conld it be amended? | tnluk por
There are - verses III the l2,h clspt4, :
Romans, winch a littie girl could comm, :,
memory before breakfast, that contain NOR,
true priuiciples 10 put us through this N.
than all the writings of heather philosoph,,,
or sages. Some Of the classics are much 81.
perivr to others. uer0ioily, FOR !astarc !,
known as the father uf prose-. II eve, -egi
!iervdJ;us again, | Will taSa o zen AMI corr
out the origin Of many Of ou! familiar pt!i.
ses, Tor they are to be fouud there. Toe,
tuerc is Thucyiides-a mode! Of style. lie
describes the plague Of Atneus 10 / OF
pages. Detoe took volume 10 describe d.,
plague OF London. Yet there is % cymgsri
son between the Two. Z}aJoA3a, Ike lir1!
otus, also contains the foundation tJr asa,
of cur sayings. OF the Latin classics Ta:.
tus was the John Z. Calhoun. lie could say
more in q given hundred word. than any
body else in almost that number Of pages
Liyy was the Gibbon Of bis day ! 53r
seen the heart of the school boy swell qre'
bis account OF the lloratli and Cu'atii L
he bad been living within 500 mile. Of tbs
place, | have no doubt that be would base
been invited here today. Ii he was ,;ea.
Il winter in this country nyw, | haze 4.
doubt he would be invited 70 deliver iecure
ID all the cities, AMI the people would lick
TO hear him. The only thing they can D.
now il to read him. Then, there, Is Oh H.,
ace. lie has given Us the frs, Fa's 1i
poetry in bio "Ars Poetica." When yo.'
minds get dull rub them up With llvn2
and see il it does not sharpen them.