Nay, in my opinion, the very best method cannot be essentially different from that which has been longest in use, and is probably most known.

But there is everywhere ample room for improvement.

Perfection was never attained by the most learned of our ancestors, nor is it found in any of our schemes.

English grammar can be better taught than it is now, or ever has been.

Better scholarship would naturally produce this improvement, and it is easy to suppose a race of teachers more erudite and more zealous, than either we or they.
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