[9]
This
may be clearly proved by the fact that within two
years after a child has begun to form words correctly,
he can speak practically all without any pressure
from outside. On the other hand how many years
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it takes for our newly-imported slaves to become
familiar with the Latin language. Try to teach an
adult to read and you will soon appreciate the force
of the saying applied to those who do everything
connected with their art with the utmost skill “he
started young!” Moreover boys stand the strain of
work better than young men.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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