Excerpt from English Grammar on the Productive System: A Method of Instruction Recently Adopted in Germany and Switzerland; Designed for Schools and Academies At the restoration of learnin in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Classics were broug it out from the libraries of the Cloisters in which they had been buried. As they presented the only examples of exalted sentiments and elevated st lo which the secular literature of the age afl'orded, they were retrat ed as the only means oi' acquiring enlarged views and a libera education; the study of them received the proud the of Humanity; and the zealous and meritorious men who employed this means for the revival of learning, were subsequently termed Humanists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.