TO THE PRESIDENTS, PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND TO THE PRINCIPALS, INSTRUCTERS AND PUPILS OF ACADEMIES AND CLASSICAL SCHOOLS, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED; WITH THE HOPE, THAT IT MAY FURNISH A MOTIVE, TO EXCITE THE YOUTH OF THIS COUNTRY, NOT ONLY TO THE DILIGENT AND ACCURATE STUDY, BUT ALSO TO THE THOROUGH ACQUISITION OF THE DEAD LANGUAGES; THE ATTAINMENT OF WHICH HAS, OF LATE YEARS, BECOME UNPOPULAR WITH A LARGE PORTION OF OUR COUNTRYMEN, TO THE GREAT LOSS OF MENTAL DISCIPLINE; AND THE SERIOUS INJURY OF THE INTERESTS OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
