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 50 CHRISTIAN GREECE AND LIVING GREEK. self off as a physician and explains to the father of a young lady who is dumb the cause of her infirmity. " Sganarelle : The dumbness is caused by the loss of speech. "Geronte: Very well. But please tell me what caused the loss of her speech ? " Sganarelle : All our best authorities will tell you that the cause is to be found in a cessation of the action of the tongue. " Geronte : Yes, but how do you think did this cessation originate? "Sganarelle: Aristotle says very interesting things on this subject. " Geronte : I presume so. " Sganarelle : Oh, that was a great man ! " Geronte : No doubt. " Sganarelle : Do you understand Latin ? " Geronte : Not a word. " Sganarelle (suddenly jumping up) : You do not understand Latin? Cabricias arci thuram, catalamus, singulariter, nominativo, haec musa, bonus, bona, bonum. " Jacquelin (the servant girl) : Ah, what a smart man !" The lucubrations of Prof. Friedrich Blass, embodied in the above-named book, have been