Gerald W. Balfour Ear of Dionysius

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. My typed note on the Willett Script of Aug. 26, 1910, is as follows: 'dionysius' Ear the lobe is unintelligible to me. A. W. V. Says it is the name of a place at Syracuse where D. Could overhear conversations. This makes clear what was instantly recalled to me on hearing the Willett Script of Jan. 10, that I did not know, or had forgotten, what the Ear of Dion ysius was, and that I asked A. W. V. To ex plain it. I cannot say whether on that occasion he asked What is the use of a classical edu cation? But he expressed considerable surprise at my ignorance, and the phrase of the script recalls - though it does not, I think, reproduce similar remarks of his on like occasions.