Strange that so great a scholar should not know that Horace had done so too! Minacis aut Etrusca Porsenae manus.
There is something extremely nauseous to me in a German Professor telling the world, on his own authority, and without giving the smallest reason, that two of the best Latin poets were ignorant of the quantity of a word which they must have used in their exercises at school a hundred times.
As to the general capacity of Niebuhr for political speculations, let him be judged by the Preface to the Second Volume.

He there says, referring to the French Revolution of July 1830, that "unless God send us some miraculous help, we have to look forward to a period of destruction similar to that which the Roman world experienced about the middle of the third century." Now, when I see a man scribble such abject nonsense about events which are passing under our eyes, what confidence can I put in his judgment as to the connection of causes and effects in times very imperfectly known to us.
But I must bring my letter, or review, to a close.

Remember me most kindly to your wife.

Tell Frank that I mean to be a better scholar than he when I come back, and that he must work hard if he means to overtake me.
Ever, dear Ellis, Your affectionate friend T.B.MACAULAY.
Calcutta: August 25, 1835.
Dear Ellis,--Cameron arrived here about a fortnight ago, and we are most actively engaged in preparing a complete Criminal Code for India.

He and I agree excellently.