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Housman's Introductory Lecture (1892)

Delivered before the Faculty of Arts and Laws and of Science in University College London October 3, 1892 by Professor of Latin Nescit vox missa reverti Every exercise of our faculties, says Aristotle, has some good for its aim; and if he speaks true it becomes a matter of importance that when we exert any special faculty we should clearly apprehend the special good at which we are aiming. What now is the good which we set before us as our end when we exercise our faculties in acquiring knowledge, in learning? The answers differ, and they differ for this reason,—that people seldom approach the question impartially, but usually bring with them a prepossession in favour of this or that department of knowledge.

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