LORD DUFFERIN’S GRAND TOUR AND THE COLLECTION OF GREEK INSCRIPTIONS AT CLANDEBOYE

ThehistoryofClassicalscholarshipcansometimesproviderevealinginsightsintomoregeneralintellectualtrends.Dilletan(?)ism,whichwasnotthenanoffence,wasinfashioninBritaininthenineteenthcentury,andyoungmenofaristocraticbackgroundswhoaspiredtopubliccareersregularlycompletedtheirsometimeslengthyeducationbyexperiencingatfirsthandtheremnantsofthecivilizationswhoseassumedvaluesprovidedtheirownclasswithitsmodelsandpatternsofexcellence,Incompleting