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PROPER PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK. $9 elation of every language changes in correspond- ence to the change in the language itself. It is not probable that the pronunciation has changed during the same space of time more than the language itself. Classic Greek was a well- sounding language; we know this through the Greeks themselves, as well as through the Romans. The Greek of to-day still belongs to the most melodious of languages, its pronuncia- tion gives a beautiful and pure harmony. In the foregoing remarks on the pronunciation of Greek enough has been said to convince us that a reform of instruction in regard to pronun- ciation is an absolute necessity. In former times, before steam and electricity facilitated travelling, scholars might have given as an ex- cuse for this wrong pronunciation, which could not serve in personal intercourse with Greeks, that they did not expect to meet Greeks. If this could have been an excuse once, it cannot serve as such any longer. The number of archaeologists and philologists who visit Greece is increasing all the time. The opportunity to learn the living Greek should not be denied even to those who cannot enjoy the good fortune to visit Greece. There is no reason why the beautiful Greek language should be tortured