. The Burton Holmes lectures;. BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN THE LITTLE-PRESTON COMPANY, LIMITEDM C M I Copyright 1901BY E. BURTON HOLMES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED SRLF ORL 3 The Edition Ori^^inal of The Burton Holmes Lectures is Limited to One Thousand Sets. The Res^istered Number of This Set is THE OLYMPIAN GAMES IN ATHENS. heOlympianGames IT IS a mistaken belief that he who knows not ancientGreece, as revealed in the innnortal works of poetry,philosophy, and art, he who has not spent his life in thecompanionship of the Greek classics, he who cannot in hisown soul realize the Greece of old, is not fitted
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN THE LITTLE-PRESTON COMPANY, LIMITEDM C M I Copyright 1901BY E. BURTON HOLMES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED SRLF ORL 3 The Edition Ori^^inal of The Burton Holmes Lectures is Limited to One Thousand Sets. The Res^istered Number of This Set is THE OLYMPIAN GAMES IN ATHENS. heOlympianGames IT IS a mistaken belief that he who knows not ancientGreece, as revealed in the innnortal works of poetry,philosophy, and art, he who has not spent his life in thecompanionship of the Greek classics, he who cannot in hisown soul realize the Greece of old, is not fitted to approachher shores. The Olympian Games were the excuse for myintrusion into the land of the scholar and tin; archaolof^ knew too well that I would bring to Greece only a love oftravel, an eye not wholly blind to beauty, and a deep respectfor the histor} , iIr- letters, and the art of Greece. 6 THE OLYMPIAN GAMES While to the student of antiquity Greece offers a largerrew ard than to any other ; for every one she has gifts accord-ing to the worth of his mental capacities, and even upon himwho. empty-handed, humbly bows before her, she bestowsan ample recompense — the power to appreciate and to enjoyher natural charm. Let no one therefore hesitate to visitGreece. Pallas Athene is no longer stern
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