“It may be worth while to illustrate this view of classification, by taking the case of languages. If we possessed a perfect… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
The classical scholars have kept alive the tradition of the superiority of the ancient languages -- a kaleidoscopic mass of suffixes and… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
“There is no better recreation for the mind than the study of the ancient classics. Take any one of them into your… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to… — James Loeb Copy Share Image
