The Indoeuropean superstress and the evolution of verse,

p. 29

Having established to his own satisfaction by "une simple affaire de statistique" an incredibly bizarre theory of accent for Old-Irish, and finding that no theory of rhythm was compatible with such a theory of accent, he pro- ceeds to declare, p. 336 and following, that Old-Irish verse had no rhythm, and was a mere syllable-count, originating in a me- chanical imitation of the popular Latin trochaic tetrameter of the Christian missionaries in Ireland-a monstrous absurdity for such an energetic stress as that of Old-Irish, and capable moreover of being similarly demonstrated for any other verse.

p. 34

And the proof of it, juggling with the num- ber of syllables in Latin trochaic tetrameters, which miss oftener than they hit! And this in serene indifference to Zeuss' demon- stration of the reverse influence, the powerful influence of Keltic usage upon contemporary Latin verse, Gram.