Languages are not a proper subject for competition with a view to appointments.
For foreign service, there should be a pass examination in the languages needful.
The training powers attributed to languages should be tested in its own character.
Instead of the Languages of Greece, Rome, &c., substitute the History and Literature.
Allocation of marks under this view.
Objections answered.
Certain subjects should be obligatory.
[IV. THE CLASSICAL CONTROVERSY. ITS PRESENT ASPECT.]
Attack on Classics by Combe, fifty years ago.