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Article ON THE ADVANTAGES OF CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE. ← Page 5 of 9 →
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On The Advantages Of Classical Knowledge.
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sition o tliat K " ° * , Genius had followed its own track , and had r™en 3 d and Se . , , Iilvhhout Z assistance ^ the an cients ""^ "Se ^ K arrived at eminence iri the art of ^.J ^ * ? ^ ? ^ ^ dXSst ^ io ^ re ^ chL ^ d Jarrior ^ and theirprgs northern tribes had their Runersthe Gauls and B itons and barfs ; the , their Druids , and Provence its Troubadors . But it is very probte ma tic whether society would ever , much less at this period have attained an equal state * of civilization . Moral and political systems St in P ™ ess of time have reached real excellence , yet every one wUWly acknowledge , that moral science has receivedmuch advaL « from the pure doctrine of the Socratic school and from the te examples of virtue , courage , and magnanimity , wmcn are ^ . u ^ in the annals of the Greeks and Romans . Notwithstanding many of he systems of the ancients abound with strange inconsistencies , tieyalSst uniformly inculcate exalted piety . In following , their steps we have not been servile imitators , but have exerted reason and Semen lo select with propriety . We app laud the morahty of of their legal institutions Cerates , am ? reject the scepticism Pyrrho ; haw hpen adooted , and their theology discarded . _ - BuMn tS nations which havl rejected the stores of ancient learning , destroyed their monuments of art , and burn the ^ valuable rem " nf of their literature , we do not discover any of the happy effects wMch arise from men following the bent of their own genius , and % V luh -. P !! ™ . ZL , ; tP s „ n ?™ titions . The celebrated capital of cSSnia has become the seat of despotic ignorance and maritime plunderers , and the destroyers of fertile Lacoma , and the "vagers of Se plains of Attica , have sunk far below the standard of Spartan virtue or Athenian glory . We may , then , surely infer , hat classica knowledge is not merely an elegant amusement but that it is of real to society and that whatever he geniustof Xtyafd importance ; nations mi ° ht have effected without its aid , it has surely refined the manners of men , and accelerated the progress of every science that tends to the convenience and prosperity of mankind . Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes Emoilit mpres nee sinit esse feros . vyip .
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On The Advantages Of Classical Knowledge.
entinha ^ c . ^^^^^^^ ^ : ££s^StoS^^s t? isSx - tingent ^^ ™ ^ 3 g £ ?& Si ainI of ancient learning of many state ^ fmope « n < ter ^ ^ . ^^
sition o tliat K " ° * , Genius had followed its own track , and had r™en 3 d and Se . , , Iilvhhout Z assistance ^ the an cients ""^ "Se ^ K arrived at eminence iri the art of ^.J ^ * ? ^ ? ^ ^ dXSst ^ io ^ re ^ chL ^ d Jarrior ^ and theirprgs northern tribes had their Runersthe Gauls and B itons and barfs ; the , their Druids , and Provence its Troubadors . But it is very probte ma tic whether society would ever , much less at this period have attained an equal state * of civilization . Moral and political systems St in P ™ ess of time have reached real excellence , yet every one wUWly acknowledge , that moral science has receivedmuch advaL « from the pure doctrine of the Socratic school and from the te examples of virtue , courage , and magnanimity , wmcn are ^ . u ^ in the annals of the Greeks and Romans . Notwithstanding many of he systems of the ancients abound with strange inconsistencies , tieyalSst uniformly inculcate exalted piety . In following , their steps we have not been servile imitators , but have exerted reason and Semen lo select with propriety . We app laud the morahty of of their legal institutions Cerates , am ? reject the scepticism Pyrrho ; haw hpen adooted , and their theology discarded . _ - BuMn tS nations which havl rejected the stores of ancient learning , destroyed their monuments of art , and burn the ^ valuable rem " nf of their literature , we do not discover any of the happy effects wMch arise from men following the bent of their own genius , and % V luh -. P !! ™ . ZL , ; tP s „ n ?™ titions . The celebrated capital of cSSnia has become the seat of despotic ignorance and maritime plunderers , and the destroyers of fertile Lacoma , and the "vagers of Se plains of Attica , have sunk far below the standard of Spartan virtue or Athenian glory . We may , then , surely infer , hat classica knowledge is not merely an elegant amusement but that it is of real to society and that whatever he geniustof Xtyafd importance ; nations mi ° ht have effected without its aid , it has surely refined the manners of men , and accelerated the progress of every science that tends to the convenience and prosperity of mankind . Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes Emoilit mpres nee sinit esse feros . vyip .