Word: authorizes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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People formerly studied Greek and Latin customs for their superiority; they thought the Greeks and Latins a faultless race and accordingly reverenced all their works. We, on the other hand, regard the classics as the work of living authors and criticize their faults as we would an author of the present day. Lately classics have been seriously questioned as to their proper weight in mind training. We have no authentic knowledge that the Greeks and Latins were intellectual giants; in fact, if we were dropped down into Greek civilization, we should no doubt look upon their customs as those...
...centre in Holland. The Dutch had no literature of their own, as did the French, but pursued their studies mostly in the Latin language. Liprius and Gronovius, probably the most celebrated men of their age, spent their time in commenting upon and annotating the lines of Latin authors. The English and later Dutch comprise the third period and include the progress that was made in the eighteenth century. Bentley was the most prominent man of his time, although not much of an author. The fourth and last stage may be called the German period, although other countries have made nearly...
...leading article of the Atlantic for May is "European Peasants as Immigrants" by Professor N. S. Shaler. The author considers elaborately the nature of European peasants showing that they are in general of a character much beneath what is to be desired in an American citizen. The reasons of their inferiority are explained in a simple and satisfactory way, and the conclusion is reached "That the American commonwealth would never have been founded if the first European colonists had been of peasant stock. It is doubtful whether it can be maintained if its preservation comes to depend upon such...
Frank Bolles is the author of an article called "Individuality in Birds." It is an interesting paper treating a subject that has not been much considered in a direct and entertaining style. Most of the illustrations are drawn from observations of Mr. Bolles's barred owls...
...number opens with "The Columbian Exposition and American civilization" by Henry Van Brunt. The author shows that the influence of the World's Fair will certainly be for the good not only of all the industrial and liberal arts but also of the fine arts. "Admiral Saumarez" is a biographical sketch of one of the ablest of English admirals, a contemporary of Nelson and Lord St. Vincent. The fact that the article is written by A. T. Mahan is a guarantee of its interest. Other good articles are "The English Question" by J. J. Greenough; "'Tis Sixty Years Since...