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John Morley: I will not say you are not prudent in suggesting that you should not even give an opinion upon the great question: What…

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I will not say you are not prudent in suggesting that you should not even give an opinion upon the great question: What is the true place of the old classical learning in the human culture of the nineteenth century?
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John Morley

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Morley reflects on the significance of classical learning in the context of 19th-century human culture.

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