Excerpt from A Memorial Discourse of Nathaniel F. Moore, Sometime President of Columbia College, New York, Delivered at the Request of the Alumni, January 14, 1874, in the College Chapel
Early in his connection with the Faculty of the College, he published Remarks on the Pronunciation of the Greek Language, In answer to'an essay on the same subject by Mr. Pickering, in which that gentleman defends, and seems to recommend for adoption, the pronunciation of the Mod ern Greeks; in opposition to which, Professor moore advocated the Erasmian pronunciation, or that generally adopted by western scholars. On this subject, his Views were considerably modified later in life. The beginning of this change of his Opinion is probably Shown in this passage, which appears in his diary of his first visit to Paris.
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Excerpt from A Memorial Discourse of Nathaniel F. Moore, Sometime President of Columbia College, New York, Delivered at the Request of the Alumni, January 14, 1874, in the College Chapel
Early in his connection with the Faculty of the College, he published Remarks on the Pronunciation of the Greek Language, In answer to'an essay on the same subject by Mr. Pickering, in which that gentleman defends, and seems to recommend for adoption, the pronunciation of the Mod ern Greeks; in opposition to which, Professor moore advocated the Erasmian pronunciation, or that generally adopted by western scholars. On this subject, his Views were considerably modified later in life. The beginning of this change of his Opinion is probably Shown in this passage, which appears in his diary of his first visit to Paris.
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