Preparatory Greek Course In English

Author : William Cleaver Wilkinson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330335512
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Preparatory Greek Course in English written by William Cleaver Wilkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Preparatory Greek Course in English The chapter following, entitled "Our Aim," has left very little requiring to be said in a preface. The usage of the schools has generally given Latin chronological precedence of Greek in a course of classical training. There is some reason to doubt whether this customary order is best. At any rate, we here have reversed it, choosing to commence with the Greek. Whatever considerations may favor the traditional order, for the case of the learner who aims at mastery of the languages themselves, as well as at acquaintance with the literatures of the languages, there is, perhaps, no serious consideration looking in the same direction, for the case of the student who aims only at knowing of Latin and Greek what may be learned through English alone. The next book of the series herewith begun, will be the counterpart of this, that is, it will seek to do for Latin what this has sought to do for Greek. The present writer has now to acknowledge that the idea of these volumes did not originate with him. That merit, and in his opinion the merit is great, belongs to the Rev. John H. Vincent, D.D. To the same dear and honored friend of the writer should be ascribed a large share of whatever excellence may be judged to have been achieved in the execution of the design. Dr. Vincent has counseled and encouraged from the beginning, with equal sagacity, kindness, and good cheer. It is the joint and several hearty hope - the writer named on the title-page ventures thus to speak on the double behalf - of the two authors, that their work may prove good enough to lead to better. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.