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Classical Philology 50.--Roman Satire from Ennius to Juvenal.--Lectures and studies. Mon., Wed., Fri., at 10. Professor Morgan...
...succeeds Professor Smith in Latin 1. Professor Allen takes Latin 7. Several new courses, intended primarily for graduates, have been introduced. Course 54, given by Mr. Ropes, includes a study of the Acts of the Apostles. Professor Morgan will offer half-course 50, a consideration of Roman satire from Ennius to Juvenal. During the first half-year, Professor Allen will give course 47, on the Bucolics and the Georgics of Virgil. Dr. Gulick will offer course 52 during the first half-year on Greek elegiac, iambic and lyric poetry. 39, a half-course on Roman Stoicism in the First Century...
Well, I'll tell you briefly what I did in my papers, and then you can judge for yourself whether I ought to be astonished or not. First came the Latin at sight. I had only read, in addition to the common authors, Ennius, Varro, Quintilian, Lucilius, Martial, Juvenal, and some twenty others. With this imperfect preparation I soon saw that I could do nothing, and was about to leave the room in despair, when it came into my head that the examiners were said to admire above all things originality. Now I am original or nothing. I determined...
...said by some that Father Ennius invented shorthand, but Tiro probably originated the notoe by which his master's speeches were taken down...
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