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An Inductive Latin Method (Classic Reprint)
An Inductive Latin Method - Classic Reprint Author:William Rainey Harper Excerpt from An Inductive Latin Method — There is clearly no demand for a new Introductory Latin book, unless it is one which differs essentially from those already in use. The score or more of methods which have appeared in this country are constructed practically according to the same idea. Though many of them are scholarly and progressive, all... more » are merely companions to the grammar, and not guides to the language. The existence of so many "methods" indicates a feeling that, thus far, an entirely satisfactory introductory book has not been found. If anything additional were needed to justify the existence of this feeling, it would be found in the lack of interest which characterizes the average student of Latin, and in the confessedly small Results accomplished in college.
The method presented in this book claims to overcome both of these difficulties. It will arouse enthusiasm; it will increase results. It is not supposed that this claim will be accepted until the merits of the method have been tested in the class-room; but the following outline of the plan of the work which it advocates may, perhaps, show the value of the principles on which the claim is based.
1. A sentence or part of a sentence of the original text (in later work, even a section) is placed before the pupil. The pronunciation and exact translation of each word are furnished him.
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