英语翻译The Noble Medium of EnglishWhat a noble medium the Engli

英语翻译
The Noble Medium of English
What a noble medium the English language is. It is not possible to write a page without experiencing positive pleasure at the richness and variety, the flexibility and the profoundness of our mother-tongue. If an English writer cannot say that he has to say in English, and in simple English, it is probably not worth saying.
What a pity that English is not more generally studied. I am not going to attack classical education. No one who has the slightest pretension to literary tastes can be insensible to its attraction. But I confess our present educational system excites in my mind grave misgivings, which I cannot believe is the best or even reasonable, a system that thrusts upon relucatant and uncomprehending multitudes of treasures which can only be appreciated by the privileged and gifted few.
To the vast majority of children who attend our public shchools a classical education is from beginning to end a long useless, and meaningless rigma-role. If I am told that classical subjects are the best preparation for the study of English, I reply that by far this preparatory stage is incomplete and without deriving any of the benefits which are promised as its result.