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4557. LEARNING, Classical.—

For classical
learning I have ever been a zealous advocate.
* * * I have not, however, carried so far
as you do my ideas of the importance of a
hypercritical knowledge of the Greek and Latin
languages. I have believed it sufficient to possess
a substantial understanding of their authors.—
To Thomas Cooper. Washington ed. vi, 390.
(M. 1814)