Word: phaedrus
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...Manilius and Phaedrus", Professor Rand, Sever...
...voted that instead of translating some Greek or Latin author into English at the literary meetings as has been the practice hitherto, the members shall interpret and discuss in Latin one of the less difficult authors. The Fables of Phaedrus were selected for that purpose...
...there is something infinitely touching in the idea of an entirely receptive existence, and such is that of the letter-box. In Phaedrus's fable every one is reported as carrying two wallets, - one at his back, filled with his own faults, the other in front, loaded with the faults of others. The letter-box - or, if you please, the lamp-post - wears its wallet but in front. Faults of its own it has none; but when does it fail to bear the burden of others' mistakes? And do not tell me it is but a senseless object. No, take...
...text-books to be used in Greek 7, 8, and 9 are not published in this country, and students are advised to order their books now. In Course 7 the Demosthenes De Falsa Legatione by Shilleto or Heslop is recommended; in Course 7, Plato's Phaedrus by Thompson, and in Course 9, Aeschylus Septem Contra Thebem by Paley...