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Ethel Hampson Brewster Quotes

1886–1947 United States

Ethel Hampson Brewster (1886-07-03 – 1947-08-18) was an American college professor and philologist. She was Dean of Women and taught Greek and Latin at Swarthmore College, where she was a member of the faculty from 1916 to 1947.

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Because of its very personal influence men of action as far back as Cicero have proclaimed that there can be no more distinguished calling than that of instructing youth.

I am distressed that there are so few who indulge in the ecstacy of even a humble translation, and still fewer who attain the worthy translation.

It is as stupid to oust ancient history from the schools in favor of American and modern European history as it would be to knock out the first two stories of a skyscraper and expect the structure to stand.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ethel Hampson Brewster (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.