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On The Advantages Of Classical Knowledge.
The classics were now read with unceasing avidity , copies of their works were multiplied , they became the objects of their imitation , and were considered as the arbiters of taste . Hence arose the most distino-uished poets , philosophers , and historians of modern times , who continue to please the imagination , improve the heart , and instruct rstandingand hence too it is that in every standard
perthe unde : , formance iu the range of literature , some traces of classical knowledge are discernible , and the ' advantages which flow from it are evident to the reader of taste and judgement . The sublime poem of Milton abounds with Latin idioms , and emulates the dignity of the Mseoman bard ; the odes of Gray rival the strains of Pindar ; and the didactic of Akenside * approaches the beautiful harmony of the Georgics .
song The greatest philosophers of the present age have had recourse to the systems of the ancients ; and the best historians have closely followed the manner of those illustrious models . . The historical writings of the ancients are doubtless of high importance in the consideration of the general advantages they produce , since from the of the classic historian such various and extensive
page learning is to be obtained . Here a spacious field of fruitful soil presents itself , and in tracing it over will be recognised the orig in of the best plans of government ; the first principles of military tactics ; the models of the celebrated productions of art which adorn the present ao-e ; and the foundations of the purest systems of morality . In the list of historiansHerodotusThucydidesXenophonSallustand
, , , , , Livy , stand peculiarly eminent . From the works of these and the other historians of Greece and Rome , multifarious advantages have undoubtedly accrued to mankind . From the study of these writers is derived a knowledge of the gradual refinement of nations , and the progress of the liberal arts . From the explanation of the conduct , and delineation of the manners of ancient states , society has been and imitate
enabled to perceive and avoid their errors , and to discern their wise doctrines and noble instructions . From the writings of Polybius ancl the code of Justinian f , mankind are certainly indebted for true ideas of government ; and innumerable advantages have resulted to posterity from the promulgation of the laws of Solon and Lycurgus |; laws which promoted virtue and deprecated vice , which affairs of the two
existed in full force for ages , and governed the greatest republics of Greece . From the remains of history , and from the various treatises which are extant ,- it is evident that the fine arts were no where better known , or more assiduously cultivated than among the ancients , particularly the Greeks . In that nation , music for a long time accompanied the hymns of the bards ; and the art of painting , though no specimens
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Advantages Of Classical Knowledge.
The classics were now read with unceasing avidity , copies of their works were multiplied , they became the objects of their imitation , and were considered as the arbiters of taste . Hence arose the most distino-uished poets , philosophers , and historians of modern times , who continue to please the imagination , improve the heart , and instruct rstandingand hence too it is that in every standard
perthe unde : , formance iu the range of literature , some traces of classical knowledge are discernible , and the ' advantages which flow from it are evident to the reader of taste and judgement . The sublime poem of Milton abounds with Latin idioms , and emulates the dignity of the Mseoman bard ; the odes of Gray rival the strains of Pindar ; and the didactic of Akenside * approaches the beautiful harmony of the Georgics .
song The greatest philosophers of the present age have had recourse to the systems of the ancients ; and the best historians have closely followed the manner of those illustrious models . . The historical writings of the ancients are doubtless of high importance in the consideration of the general advantages they produce , since from the of the classic historian such various and extensive
page learning is to be obtained . Here a spacious field of fruitful soil presents itself , and in tracing it over will be recognised the orig in of the best plans of government ; the first principles of military tactics ; the models of the celebrated productions of art which adorn the present ao-e ; and the foundations of the purest systems of morality . In the list of historiansHerodotusThucydidesXenophonSallustand
, , , , , Livy , stand peculiarly eminent . From the works of these and the other historians of Greece and Rome , multifarious advantages have undoubtedly accrued to mankind . From the study of these writers is derived a knowledge of the gradual refinement of nations , and the progress of the liberal arts . From the explanation of the conduct , and delineation of the manners of ancient states , society has been and imitate
enabled to perceive and avoid their errors , and to discern their wise doctrines and noble instructions . From the writings of Polybius ancl the code of Justinian f , mankind are certainly indebted for true ideas of government ; and innumerable advantages have resulted to posterity from the promulgation of the laws of Solon and Lycurgus |; laws which promoted virtue and deprecated vice , which affairs of the two
existed in full force for ages , and governed the greatest republics of Greece . From the remains of history , and from the various treatises which are extant ,- it is evident that the fine arts were no where better known , or more assiduously cultivated than among the ancients , particularly the Greeks . In that nation , music for a long time accompanied the hymns of the bards ; and the art of painting , though no specimens