[B-Greek] Thomas Paine on the value of learning Ancient Greek (was dead languages)
nebarry
nebarry at verizon.net
Fri Mar 11 09:21:49 EST 2011
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From: "Ed Walkwitz" <edwalkwitz at yahoo.com>
To: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Thomas Paine on the value of learning Ancient Greek
(was dead languages)
> Fight for all things? Did I understand that phrase correctly? Sounds like
> it's
> common sense that we should fight for the study of Greek, except I guess
> it's an
> old battle by now. I wondered what the original Greek would say about
> this, so
> I tried to call him on my cell phone, but couldn't get thru. Have a good
> one!
I know a little Hebrew, and I know a little Greek...
Jacob has a butcher shop, and Ari sweeps the street.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Classics and Bible @ TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net
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