The Portland daily press., 1883-07-31
Col. Higginson on Greek.


Col. Higginson publishes in the current
number of the Woman,s Journal an unn,u
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any spili'eo ani spfigh'iy paper comment
ing on the Phi Beta Kappa Grafton of Mr.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr- Col. Higpin-
son savs.
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LAM "a Essays on . i1'oe, d. IuuCaeion,
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uune Salieu , Aelansie Essays Inc view
p;eaen.eu ~ 'ieso 9apess was qniee an, ago
T I'sstS ~ .naS =. u Aao -. al tne
.sasu q. ou ,no suoJsIe nav
oonie syinPa.1s siuce 0ierh anu LATIN sun
iuie soo ~ ~ sue .nsisn universities
esprciaiiy ~ VAi.la ~ A1nerlca ahe sit :
a.loi' - ~nolif r enI. roI ehe sIeaser
Rals ~ oui eoiies - my IequlsIls'
ansre are ieS such lns.ilu..ons AZ tne SCUM
aau i 49,, Inn We 60 ~ - iequileu l1r
aaie %. La saiu oo,lese loI neaIly
h haa, Iensaiy 'n9 nouein iansuages nave
oenn p,sceu osi lesei VIII .ne anciens III
Soalsia pa, Seouy an Iase peeh 1ausne as
ia..nlu i 9lnee Ml. Auallis luies oue Tue
soHeia. otiuAoi "ii p aeelc1 az ineio super
ste.on ~ - .iV'nins - Aaii oaoA upon Due
Peison~ eApeilTAcs, Which ne makes MS
euons pun, iauuateu az laisaiu -
years peIofe nun. WAS tnen not quite 10,
put nao studied IN collese Two ancient
ana tnree modern languages VI course the
hnowieuge attained Oh Inese was very inade
9uaee. MT. ADAMS Wouio cal IL a ematter-
ing, should cal Il an excellent founda-
ZION. Inc Latin ana GreeK nave been
source Oh pleasure an my NE; the mo1ern
languages nave been great source OF litera-
~ eDJoyment ana nave sutnced, IN two
cases out OF tnfee, 10 renoer the moderate
coiioqulal command q iorelgn tongues
very easy lnlng. Inls seems 70 me 70
nave oesI iniiu, npIIai anu eminsntly
pracsicar pesLnnihg III 'he way Oh euuca-
.ion' NOT was tnere anything remark,
S soi9 ~ 10y par ease, anu
nau ,LN: .; ans WHY naue petee5
use =. tneil as silne, anu therefore acquired
mole man l u'u. Why ID nov our e4pefi,
ence ehti.ieu W COUNT ior something, as wei
as that OF M. ADAMS. Wnen READ MS
accounts oi MS carry 1le, am almost lea 10
uouDt "nether we DoLh graduated az the
same coliege. Ferhaps ne was writing ABOUT
OXIord. In view OF the prolonged discuss
ION ABOUT creek, one Iact Is curious. When
tne presens eiectlVe system was Introduced
at harvard, IL was .he Impression OF tne
scienLlnc professors tnat II "ouid help Ineir
departments at tne expense Oh the classical.
ins lace mas peen lne o!ner way Latlh
anu oreeh, IN lalr competition, nave proved