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New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 127, 8 October 1875, Page 9

Latin a.ni> Greek. — Latin and Greek and metaphysical philosophy are valuable acquisitions. From the ancients we may borrow much wisdom and the highest cultivation of style. A knowledge of Latin and Greek gives the possessor a truer appreciation of his own language. The mere learning of these languages is a valuable intellectual exercise for young people ; and in after life the classics are dear to the heart of the scholar — even when he has forgotten them — for the youthful recollections associated with their study. It is a common custom to give the title of " learned man" to any one who can quote an appropriate sentence from the ancien* authors. Sydney Smith saye : — " Classical quotations are the watchwords of scholars, by which they distinguish themselves from the ignorant and illiterate."