Word: undergoes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...modern Greek is a living continuation of it. Professor Santayana's position is somewhat similar: He regards the Roman culture and language from the point of view of the so-called Latin races of Europe. He fails to take into account the transformation the ideas of that culture must undergo in assimilation by minds of a different civilization and nationality whose traditions and habits are absolutely foreign. Under his new system the certain dignity in books, the certain Latin habit of mind brought to their composition would be more than ever lost...