Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-02-10
Y O L. x II. NO. -

remarks of the late Adam Clarke nno
he subject in question. After maxim,
some remarks upon the excelIency of H.
language, he says as follows.
" What pity that with language and
such treasures, the best part of the i've,
of so many of our youth. should be sDs,.
if not wasted, in studies and in langu,oo,
that in ninety cases out of huod9
serve only to pass through the foems
schools and colleges, and however TIE. /
may have acquitted themselves in G..
and Latin, Mathematics, and still in,s.
cient Aris'otelian Philosophy, enter W.,
life with scarcely requisite for pas<;
honorabIy and usefulIy through Il; rn~,r
of them not being able properly to rsa.
scarcely at all to analyze. and hard y,
spell their own mother tongue | hsa
seen private letters of the most Ipari
man of the seventeenth century, whc "a.
sides Greek and Latin, of which he ~
mastery possessed such knowledge Q. 4.
sevem Asiatic languages, as Perhars ri
man then in Europe did. and wro'e H,a
and explained them with profound a. Il
! racy; and yet was so ignorant Of lis ON:
native English tongue, that he C.
neither construct nor spell a singh &c..
tence with propriety! How MANY @. 81
rising generation are returning from: VI,
ezpcasice seminaries of learning, wh5..
sadly deficient in a proper knowI,4::-&
language, who can not parse a >~.:
sentence correctly, so as 10 show The t5r
of the words, the concord and e0"eru#.r#
and the proper or the improper coloa
ton of the terms!
! LET every foreign tongue alone.
Till you can read and spell your own
is "a sound piece Of advice that comes t,,
high authority. and should be lrcar,d W.
great respect. l do not speak acs>&
learning, nor even think against It, ua,
against proper seminaries Of I"oru' /:
whether they rank as schools o. co:r.S
but speak against useless and Grf"r.
education. speak against the prt23
ferrous plan of teaching our English 20.
anything and everything bat their mo-
tongue.
Parents would do well to inqnra ne
pointedly, into the character ond q21@
cations of the boarding schools 10 Wiz,
they send their daughters; and the AGA.
emies and colleges to which they So
their sons Let them never sacrjf:r ,hs
sterling coin for the tinseI lackcrinr g.
gliding of learning. Let them g.vc :
diligence, that their children uav
taught what will make them ustl'
themselves, profitable TO others, al !
spectacle in society. [ plead fa: he q
cessity of good English education, s.
for making Lain and Greeh; sutsr.u
10 il, when they are studied. L: q
British (American) youth b. tang -.
language Of life,--the language Of 8
with whom they are to transact he ii
ness of life,-the language that IS
beyond all languages of the nuiv~s"-
In word, let them be tau h. Lie d.
guage Of Britain
Are not these remarks as ap"l:,1,,
this country. as they were t. E"-".
Doubtless, even in this respect, j Il
been some improvement; BAL ',ar "
,, evil is yet 200 general. an a>q Al
with some, who in my opiujo" L: I
suing The course here cena.ts.rI u
why2 Is it because they think j. ia. 7
glory of God? No. 1t is 10 be s.''
such are actua'ed By prise. l..
large in the mind of the "go*4 ~.
!, to have it 10 say. My dau3i:rr Is
, ing French. My son is Iporn'D. L
[ am not speaking against rh,ss' :
: when they can De thorougAiy Is1'.-~
o But in my opinion, ii is time amt
!, thrown away for an ignorant von:o
can only attend school for five 0. !
>. moths, to spend that time ia sc.@.'
r scattering Of French and Ln.",
!. be mistaken. What say you. Nj. E.
;, PnILa&
REM ARKs.
n The importance Of The subject is s@I-, p
aDolouy for apaendinor In the ahoye l3'c.