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226 226 On certain Tenses of the Greek Verb. religion stretching from clime to clime, its streams of poetry descending from them to fertilize and beautify the vallies, its gardens of art, its groves and forests of philosophy growing along their banks, and all the varieties of custom and manner that gather and settle beside them. To a philo- loger whatever is ancient is precious, whatever is of yesterday is of little value, except so far as it is connected with the past : and though he will be no less anxious than other men to remove what is evidently erroneous, he will be more de- sirous than others, at least if he has the spirit that becomes him, to keep as much of the old house as may be, and, unless it be decidedly a nuisance, not to pull down any thing which can tell him of former days. It is full time however to close these remarks, which at first were merely intended to convey a few hints concerning what has been done by other scholars with regard to the subjects broacht in our correspondent's letter, but which have grown much after the fashion of ill weeds, and have spread far beyond the space I meant to allot to them. J. C. H.