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The leverage of the united representatives of modern culture is utilised for the purpose; but it invariably happens that the huge column is scarcely more than lifted from the ground when it falls down again, crushing beneath its weight the luckless wights under it. THE LEVERAGE OF THE UNITED REPRESENTATIVES OF MODERN CULTURE IS UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE BUT IT INVARIABLY HAPPENS THAT THE HUGE COLUMN IS SCARCELY MORE THAN LIFTED FROM THE GROUND WHEN IT FALLS DOWN AGAIN CRUSHING BENEATH ITS WEIGHT THE LUCKLESS WEIGHTS UNDER IT
s he has drawn the truth from the bottom of the well with ἀνά and κατά. All of them, however, with the most widely separated aims in view, dig and burrow in Greek soil with a restlessness and a blundering awkwardness that must surely be painful to a true friend of antiquity: and thus it comes to pass that I should like to take by the hand every talented or talentless man who feels a certain professional inclination urging him on to the study of antiquity, and harangue him as follows: 'Young sir, do you know what perils threaten you, with your little stock of school learning, before you become a man in the full sense of the word? Have you heard that, according to Aristotle, it is by no means a tragic death to be slain by a statue? Does that surprise you? Know, then, that for centuries philologists have been trying, with ever-failing strength, to re-erect the fallen statue of Greek antiquity, but without success; for it is a colossus around which single individual men crawl like pygmies. STANDPOINT OF PREPOSITIONS AND THINKS HE HAS DRAWN THE TRUTH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL WITH AVA AND KATA ALL OF THEM HOWEVER WITH MOST WIDELY SEPARATED AIMS IN VIEW DIG AND BURROW IN GREEK SOIL WITH A RESTLESSNESS AND A BLUNDERING AWKWARDNESS THAT MUST SURELY BE PAINFUL TO A TRUE FRIEND OF ANTIQUITY AND THUS IT COMES TO PASS THAT I SHOULD LIKE TO TAKE BY HAND EVERY TALENTED OR TALENTLESS MAN WHO FEELS A CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL INCLINATION URGING HIM ON THE STUDY OF ANTIQUITY AND HARANGUE HIM AS FOLLOWS YOUNG SIR DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERILS THREATEN YOU WITH YOUR LITTLE STOCK OF SCHOOL LEARNING BEFORE YOU BECOME A MAN IN THE FULL SENSE OF THE WORD HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE IT IS BY NO MEANS A TRAGIC DEATH TO BE SLAIN BY A STATUE DOES THIS SURPRISE YOU NO THEN THAT FOR CENTURIES PHILOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN TRYING WITH EVER FAILING STRENGTH TO RE ERECT THE FALLEN STATUE OF GREEK ANTIQUITY BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS FOR IT IS A COLOSSUS AROUND WHICH SINGLE INDIVIDUAL MEN CRAWL LIKE PYGMIES
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