Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-28

'ure, t'atN Is snsccpuDle on airy Improvement,
which correct taste, the preseLt state OF liter,
ture, may Ink proper 20 make; or which fu. ure
deveiopemeuts OF human know ledge NAV possibly
require, without, At all, affecting any important
point the system itself. 1t contains in its own con-
stetiUn, IL may be allowed the expression an in
nate principle OF selipres. ryation. Whatey err OBJ
jecs of huiuan thought, whether imaginary 81 real
whieh are dignihed with the ot seieace
but, wh'ch may hereafter be found to be nothing
more thaa fungus ercTeScenceS, upon the sursc
OF know edgc integral parts OF other rcs,0des
may be smputated engraited, the case may
require without III the smallest degree, affecting
The health or organization Of the general system.
Provision is maze in this system Tor the indefinite
expansion the human mind ; and every possible
ensrease Ut knowledge. Ii will grow as naturally
out OF some Ut the existing sub-,, isions, AS a new
twig sprouts from old branch.
hs Judges selection of Greek rdQhces for every
term III the Nomenclature, is point OF small
Importance. Many OF our technical terms are de-
rived from that language. This tongue, the learn
cd ct all countries view with classic enthus s-
the religious, with degree OF venera,ion. The
hexoiiity ot its examinations, fits il, above all other
languages, tor forming combinations the most SON
orous ana terms OF art the most appropriate
The EXAMINATIONS which the Judge appends To the
Greek rCdi1 tor the designation of generdisnccies
1di1efies aud particulars in his general classca-
ton, are so ceOtryed, that while they are pr ricct-
" cdpho,ic, they, at the time, like lincs OF
Latitude AID Longitude, enable the Student i'm
inedatev to find upon the great chart OF human
ledge. the identical SPOT the subject of enqui-
~ ought To occupy as we'll as all ats relative bear
ilgs
In the construction of thi, Nomenc lature, there
Is peculiar ielciy Ia. .oice of rGdices which
must be truly gratifying TO every Scholar, as we'll
rs delcacy with regard TO Classic a.,hority, G.
v'ncivs OF the most correct and refined taste. In
respect oil classical purity, al appropriate etymo-
iogy, consider, therefore, this Nomenclature, rs
perfect as the first specimen ri such work can
DE supposed to be. To gain this end, his exer-
ions have been unrenit,ing tie has submitted
ms plan to tie criticism ct literary gentlemen to
each IN ms department Of Science not only in
Philadelphia but also through various STATES of the
Union. He has invited the most rigorous scrutiny
~ both his Arrangement and Vocabulary and
with that candour which always distinguishes gentle
men oil superior intellect, has patiently weighed la
the balance CT impartisiy, every improvement
suggested to him.-Sucn hiuts as he lude I'd to be
really improvements ofhis system, he readily a
dopted; and such as he thought OF Importance,
yet not IN ms Judgment, superior TO his M he has
placed in his Synonimc table that the litera-
ry world may adopt whchsoever they shall
choose.
The Subscriber thinks no apology necessary for
recommending to the public, ia general. and the cit
iLens OF PhiladepLa in particular, such a system
AS the one above mentioned ; system which ev;n-
ces great proiundy OF thought, interchangeable indus
Try OF investigation, and canaour truly worthy OF
fhl'osophic mind {; while at the same time, by IFS
adaptation to The laws of the human conslitution we
have reason TO believe it will Rapidly accelerate
the progress ofour knowledge system which has
claim 10 universal, add in all probability will soon
obtain, general acceptance. | cannot help believ-
ing, that the auther might with at least as much
propi1ety rs the Roman bard, say,
"EXEGl MONUMENTAL"
Tins performance, in my opinion, does honour to
It's Author, q to the country which gave him birth
and will, II am not greatly mistaken, more han 6a-
lance che long literary account of The old 5vold a
galnst the neTr. repeat it, it cannot fail OF sooa
being generally, IL not tgsirsrsgiy, received by the
lreads and patrons OF Literature. II must soon be
discovered that Stsdent, entering the path of
Science, Will, BY Judge Woodwar,i's method, ac-
quire more substantial information, and "A more &C
eurae habit of thinking, in the space OF two years,
than he wonid have obtained by the ordinary meth
cd, IN, at least, four times that period.
Nthese observations are correct, with what aug
menthtve force do they apply to this happy
try! When we contemplate the nature of the CO.
Yernmeut, founded upon equal right: the near
equalization OF the means Of know,ege aud Of hap
"essspri' gns from the very genius OF Republican
Institutions, which are believed To be pitica.od
upon the law of Nature, and upon the human con
sttutiop, there will be found between this state of
things, and the scheme of the Honorable Judge
Woodward, an astonishing coincidence. u will e.
fectuay prevent the possibility of literary aristo
cracy by opening the door of the Temple of Sci
ence, TO all who will desire to enter. IL is there
TORE admirably adapted to the existing crcums,an-
ces, as well as the future prospects of the Amer-
can empire the only Republic existing on earth
great measure, aristoerats monopoly, become
what It ought to be, and what It has been some
tunes called, " The Republic cfLeae,S."
By the Judges system, the tedious and laborious
journey to the Temple of Scieace, will be render
cd comparatively short ard easy. In contesnpia-
ting this truth, and its bearings upon the rapidly
INCREASING population cfthis extensive empire the
high destinies awaiting it, in no very distant per-
spective. ard the accommodating elasticity of the hui
man mind when fostered, as it Is in this country,
by the genius OF Liberty, can scarcely avoid re-
cngnizng in it. the prolific germ ofa grand .Eafio;I-
al Institute, hereafter destined TO attain the high
est graduation of cultivated nteec', and to give
laws to the Literary world the new hemisphere,
rejecting its refulgent beams upon the regioas of
the old.
Such an establishment would not only be in uni
son with Judge Woodward's admirable system, but
also seems, in some measure, necessary TO the
complete dsvelopemcDt and consummation of n
literary enterprise as extensive in its Immediate
results, as magnificent in the prospects which it o.
pens. In word, Judge WoodwarLPs SYSTEM is
graduated on \ scale of grandeur (; calculated 10
meet, and even keep pace with, the high destinics
OF this happy empire.
Convinced as am, the want of such System
ct the accuracy of the one above mentiSned aud
of its bearings gpoD the derekobemenf Of intellect
the enforcement Of mornis and the advancement OF
religion, l most cordially, and conscienhoRsly,
recommend it, as estabishiaga new era in the pro.
sress Of KHo1V'edge aud Of VirtVe.
(Signed) SAMUEL B. WYLIE.