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 GREEK AS INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. 259 tempted only after the language has been learned practically. It is quite true that a universal language for scholars cannot be introduced by force or by persuasion, and that nobody has time to learn an extra language for the purpose of congresses and periodicals. It is conceded, even "im naturwissenschaft- lichen Jahrhundert," as the Germans call it, that a regular and solid scholar should know Greek and Latin ; it is conceded that the classics are powerful means to elevate, to ennoble our mind, our character. Since Greek is on the school plan already, there is no new language to be learned; only another, a rational method of learning has to be adopted ; it has to be learned practically for practical purposes, as well as for ideal. The most perfect, the ideal language will then speak for itself, and will inspire schol- ars to unite in agitation for its general adoption. Dr. E. Engel, in his book " Griechische Frtih- lingstage," gives the following instruction: " How shall we learn the real language of the new Greeks? Turn over the leaves of one of the many grammars and read something about pronunciation, but then throw it, and leave it, aside, and take instead a collection of Greek