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 72 CHRISTIAN GREECE AND LIVING GREEK. living Greeks themselves to-day pronounce it, and to converse in it until the ear becomes accustomed to it and the mind through the ear takes hold of it and makes it a possession for- ever. And reasons why we should pronounce it as it is pronounced in the land where it has ever lived and still lives in the freshness and beauty of immortal youth are given by the learned and enthusiastic Dr. Rose, to whom all friends and lovers of Greek owe a debt of genuine and last- ing gratitude. REMARKS BY HON. D. N. BOTASSI, CONSUL GEN- ERAL OF GREECE. After the admirable and exhaustive paper which my learned friend, Dr. Rose, read before you, it would be a presumption on my part to try and add anything, at least to the literary side, so I will limit myself to a few general remarks. When Erasmus published his famous treatise in 1528, Greece was simply a geographical de- nomination, a Turkish province in fact, having been conquered by the Turks ten years after the fall of Constantinople, which, as you know.