Edward Caird to friend during his first term at Balliol College, Oxford (1860), quoted in Henry Jones and John Henry Muirhead, The Life and Philosophy of Edward Caird (1921), p. 28
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I have been very fortunate in this latter respect (Greek and Latin Composition), having got for my tutor the very best man in the University—Jowett, to whom it is pleasant in every way to be attached, both in regard of studies and of general intercourse.
— Edward Caird
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I have been very fortunate in this latter respect (Greek and Latin Composition), having got for my tutor the very best man in the University—Jowett, to whom it is pleasant in every way to be attached, both in regard of studies and of general intercourse." in the context of "Edward Caird to friend during his first term at Balliol College, Oxford (1860), quoted in Henry Jones and John Henry Muirhead, The Life and Philosophy of Edward Caird (1921), p. 28" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett (15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was a theologian and classical scholar who became one of the great public figures of Victorian England. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1855, Master of Balliol College, Oxford from 1870, and Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1882.
About Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett (15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was a theologian and classical scholar who became one of the great public figures of Victorian England. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1855, Master of Balliol College, Oxford from 1870, and Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1882.
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