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What a noble medium theEnglish language is. It is not possible to write a page without experiencing positive pleasure at the richness and variety, the flexibility and the profoundness of our mother-tongue. If anEnglish writer cannot say what he has to say inEnglish, and in simpleEnglish, it is probably not worth saying. What a pity thatEnglish is not more generally studieD、I am not going to attack classical education. No one who has the slightest pretension to literary tastes can be insensible to its attraction.But I confess our present educational system excites in my mind grave misgivings, which I cannot believe is the best or even reasonable, a system that thrusts upon reluctant and uncomprehending multitudes treasures which can only be appreciated by the privileged and gifted few. To the vast majority of children who attend our public schools; classical education is from beginning to end long, useless and meaningless. If I am told that classical subjects are the best preparation for the study ofEnglish, I reply that by far this preparatory stage is incomplete and without deriving any of the benefits which are promised as its result.

What a noble medium theEnglish language is. It is not possible to write a page without experiencing positive pleasure at the richness and variety, the flexibility and the profoundness of our mother-tongue.