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I planatIun hardly ms-i- me sttuston. Tor
BE- - ca-r - fundamental dshrisncS IN .
knuv ledge ct f.c' and Fundamental
unfamuiarty vuth scientific method. ahd
both "a respect 20 .ubi~c' that hears init-
niaf- relation 20 our everyday We Ihe
charge % -rp~rnctaf'v IN o. higher study
~ literature which has al-o h~-n made
rs,sntiv. - -ubIeot 10 -om. difference 81
opinion becau-- there - large cis--of per.
ems In both countries ~hO sul honssily
believe that q dilsttante appreciation rather
than a scientific understanding of tnsiah
liberation. should h. he ann Of - study. We
may al~o reasonably MAINTAIN that the pro
visions - fhs Rhodes scholarships do not
~ vet admit 81 far comparison Of meth
ODDS and results
~till. after ell i. -t.d m explanation, pal.
IbIiun or evcu--. thsrs - lef' ne feeling
that eur higher teaching OF English needs
booking INTO
Nv only am 90 ~ rr'.ng 30 you - 10 direct
vour attention 90 some facts which sem 10
me 20 point fo the n-,rs-i'v of siIch an en
animation I do not wish 20 appear IN the
role ~ -i'hrr ,vric Or p~-simi-t. Tor ! be
h-ve. aud always have believed. thai Our
American SCholar-hlp IN this held can ana
eventually viii claim Tor i'sr,t very high.
Il not tho high~sr place bat do not believe
that We have already reached plane from
which - view with complacen"y our ma
tional achievement
I found my belief IN Tho necessity for this
examination upon an apathy toward the
interests Of higher kngli-h scholarship IN
tins country q. sCcrnibls m two directions
80 IN q lscs ~ practical encoura cement az
the work of our American scholars - IN
the lacA ~ adequate resources make THEW
vork more effective upon our national cult
70 Roth charges ~ -~~ms TO me " we'll
founded must come home to the public
81 large. and mother fails upon particular
md idusls or uron particular institutions
81 learning
tirst. ssroa Ia,s - public announcement
IN the true Advancement - this sort of
learning
We tale reasonable pride IN the AS,
sums We have expended upon SCIENCE in the
last ten years hp' how much 81 this
outlay has been u-ed g. stimulate .rsntthc
IngliSn scholarship Tan we point to
single undertaking IN this held 'ba' i com
parable 20 magnitude and value tu ne on
ford pirtIonar,. tho. Sapds Upon 1hou sands
~ pages 81 fresh material for a -~ientihc
undermining ~ our language and r'era-
ture veil printed ~ an enormous eKpsnse
ed I'D ty paid scholars and assistants and
published ~ On Immediate rnanCtal losa
hat would bankrupt an american trus''
an VN 20 NJ to one equal 20 the Enghsh
BiAls~t Dictionary. or 80 Leslie stephen
Dictionary ~ National Biography. or to
the 'wo hundred and tven'y-fouT large
volumes 81 the Early English TeNt Society.
or ~ the ono hundred and three isaues 81
tho Cha.cer society. or 10 the forty four
Volumes Of tho >ew Shakespeare Society
T. - true 'rs' ve indirectly help - support
Ins-e undsrra,lns- hv purchasing the pub.
n,aiton- FOR our rhrares hu' thew pould
ell have sd long ago n they had had 10
f"p~nd upon tho m"asTs financial aid ne
give 'hsn The hr4nt ~ their eNpensa ha .
leon borne hy Inglish sIbscrlbers and
nglish univsr-,'v funds snd m -ome ca~ss
hey have been Kept aliNe nv private or a.
uas ~ Johnson Dictionary. nv Govern. |
ren' =IbsIdv IAN point 10 anv ani.
lar UNDERTAKINGS supported by private or
'iov~rnm~nt AID can any ~ oar American
ru hi .hinR houses y" 20 80 ls' ~ equal |
lon gfh and value to scientific inElish study /
with that A. pre-~nt offered by the oxford /
mr. ,amhrdg" niyers,ty prrsAss'
We have = curious notion "a this country |
hat II such publications cannot command /
enough popular support IN Inc well the /
pockets tho enterprise 81 their
authors deserves 20 fail ~ books Of IN. /
.ort are very expensive 20 manufacture,
involving large amount ~ Dictionary cor.
-sc,ion 80 more Than the cost ~ original
rom position n the Wors - 70 he A. AiI trust
worthy neces-ifa's = they are to he com.
rendious. Compo-,fton N various rVpes /
especially small sorts which are eIpensiys
- ss' M. and demand a large outlay Of
paper " NOV arc w ne eflen'inCallV ade- 4
4ua's. publishers r.0ar ~ thorn ~ Inprnm-
sing commercial ventures h~ing hut human l
hey naturally prefer a new novel where a
ucsy strike will Weld ioo per cent or So One
may point to tho century Dictionary M.
being evidently prof' able buy though this
/, ORR had an immediate popular "a vrlIa.a
.rentihc interest ~ vas aold prortabIy onIv
through vsrv unusually clever hook iobbina
me publ -h M houN. that carried u Through
= ould probably look more than tVics o. n
: II we're offered them nov ami ~ ~ safe 70
,ay that n u had hern an undertaking ~
,urely scientific value. Nth none ~ tho.~
saturcs winch make II 40 useful 10 the pub
&C. ~ large. ~ would have wrecked the
ironErsi Publishing hou-e m America
Ne can ai-o point with pride 30 tho seven
rem Nolumes ~ our NaTiorum Shakespeare
,ut Dr. Furrrs- could throw some light
iron 'hS financial GruEEles through which
his undertaking has happily won it, way
q public reCoGni'ton
We likewise have she feeling induced by
he high development Of American ltera-
ure m the mddl" and last quarter 81
he nineteenth century thar scientific work