An Address, Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University

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Excerpt from An Address, Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University: On Classical Learning and Eloquence I complain - I complain, that the spirit of the age, and, I fear, the spirit of our government, and, I am sure, the present habits and impulses of society among us, notwithstanding the fine things which have been said of it (partly by ourselves), are adverse to the growth and cultivation of the mere delicate and finer species of literature. I complain especially, that classical litera ture is little cultivated, less cultivated than it was, not absolutely, perhaps, but compared with the ad vancement of other things - it is not loved, it is not followed, as it used to be nay, I fear that at this moment it is bare in repute among us. I complain that education is not what it should be in this re Spect, even here in the midst of the ¿ourishing schools of New England (in general our just boast), and in this enlightened age, which so vaunteth itself beyond its predecessors. And I charge you who have any lin gering love of classical literature, all who regard the great common cause of letters, all who have at heart the real welfare and substantial reputation of our coun try, I charge you all, as you love that country and her institutions and those children whom you hope shall inherit them, that you look carefully and candidly at the actual condition and prospects of our literary affairs. Grave questions are involved. Let them be well weighed. 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.