The Archive · 1926

The Value of the

CLASSICS

Dr. Baldwin's Opinion: Truth in Words and Sense of Proportion London, Jan. 9.

Before an audience which included 4 large number of well-known scholars and men of letters and ister, Mr, Baldwin, last right delivered his presidential address on "The classies and the plain man" at the annual meeting of the Classical Association at the Middle Temple Hall. In the course of a long and eloquent address the Prime Minister said: "What I have gained from classical study is a sense of proportion of the standard of values and a profound respect for the valua of truth in words." In a striking passage he expressed his horror at any possibility of another European war and called upon the Association itself as the torch-bearer of the Roman spirit to join in. supporting the League of Nations. "That there should be war between nations that Jearnt their first lessons in citizens, ship from is fratricidal said British Wiceless through Rosters

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