If I could have my way, every young man who is going to be a
newspaper man, and who is not absolutely rebellious against it,
should learn Greek and Latin after the good old fashion. I had
rather take a young fellow who knows the Ajax of Sophocles, and
who has read Tacitus, and can scan every ode of Horace; I would
rather take him to report a prize-fight or a spelling-match,
for instance, than to take one who has never had those
advantages.--CHARLES A. DANA.
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