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1、TheHeroesTheHeroes1TheHeroesPREFACEMYDEARCHILDREN,SomeofyouhaveheardalreadyoftheoldGreeks;andallofyou,asyougrowup,willhearmoreandmoreofthem.Thoseofyouwhoareboyswill,perhaps,spendagreatdealoftimeinreadingGreekbooks;andthegirls,thoughtheymaynotlearnGreek,willbesuretocom
2、eacrossagreatmanystoriestakenfromGreekhistory,andtosee,Imaysayeveryday,thingswhichweshouldnothavehadifithadnotbeenfortheseoldGreeks.Youcanhardlyfindawell-writtenbookwhichhasnotinitGreeknames,andwords,andproverbs;youcannotwalkthroughagreattownwithoutpassingGreekbuildin
3、gs;youcannotgointoawell-furnishedroomwithoutseeingGreekstatuesandornaments,evenGreekpatternsoffurnitureandpaper;sostrangelyhavetheseoldGreekslefttheirmarkbehindthemuponthismodernworldinwhichwenowlive.Andasyougrowup,andreadmoreandmore,youwillfindthatweowetotheseoldGree
4、ksthebeginnersofallourmathematicsandgeometry-thatis,thescienceandknowledgeofnumbers,andoftheshapesofthings,andoftheforceswhichmakethingsmoveandstandatrest;andthebeginningsofourgeographyandastronomy;andofourlaws,andfreedom,andpolitics-thatis,thescienceofhowtoruleacount
5、ry,andmakeitpeacefulandstrong.Andweowetothem,too,thebeginningofourlogic-thatis,thestudyofwordsandofreasoning;andofourmetaphysics-thatis,thestudyofourownthoughtsandsouls.Andlastofall,theymadetheirlanguagesobeautifulthatforeignersusedtotaketoitinsteadoftheirown;andatlas
6、tGreekbecamethecommonlanguageofeducatedpeopleallovertheoldworld,fromPersiaandEgypteventoSpainandBritain.AndthereforeitwasthattheNewTestamentwaswritteninGreek,thatitmightbereadandunderstoodbyallthenationsoftheRomanempire;sothat,nexttotheJews,andtheBiblewhichtheJewshand
7、eddowntous,weowemoretotheseoldGreeksthantoanypeopleuponearth.2TheHeroesNowyoumustrememberonething-that'Greeks'wasnottheirrealname.Theycalledthemselvesalways'Hellens,'buttheRomansmiscalledthemGreeks;andwehavetakenthatwrongnamefromtheRomans-itwouldtakealongtimetotellyou
8、why.Theyweremadeupofmanytribesandmanysmallseparatestates;andwhenyouhearinthisbookofMinuai,andAthenians,andothersuchnames,you
