Colarbasius, a heretic of right ​heretical name, who lived in the second century, taught that the fullness of Christian perfection consisted in completely understanding the Greek alphabet^[1]. The sect of the Colarbasians still exists in literature, and from the inordinate applause which is bestowed upon their branch of erudition, we might suppose that the perfection of human learning consisted in an accurate knowledge of the minutiæ of Greek prosody.