Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-10-01
The triumph of Philology.
a MULTIFORM AND MANY-GOLsR
Ed uiLEMA.

Philology, or the acquisition o. languages
Is Hset very la mless and amus.ng
pursuit iOr those who have time to spare. and
not enough oil brains 10 devote themselves
with any prospect uf success to the creation
o original ideas. But the importance laid
upo" kn"w edge ot the dead languages by
ali tht European colleges. aud b. TOO MANY
"i o.. H-". J. ssf.,m-!v r.L yu.uus l. j.,
ry t.ne inat IA aCqJstuiaucr VIII the
v-i6s vi ion .., p ,ro, Sayt.ue!,... s.d Cir
s-, my Jr ue-'ra {: J;.i ,i4v " 4rr ira-,
lat o"s o ttse il. The Engus ION ,uc. ard
migHt II no. profit us somcu hat acre 10 h ve
carefully rehea SD ana studied the bic
te 'chlngs OF Bacon, Shake>psgr<ss Milton.
Locke, aud Webster! III ID man las but one
idea, though he may nave hal dozen Gi,
iereni tongues 20 eX,ress it N, h. has but
ole idea alter ali. Emu Burritf. f,r exam
pc, the sea ned black, of " W.rr,.,,,r
cAn cUnverse al.l write in over half hum
cred uiiie'e-t languages ana dialects: hut
n nds never been suspect d. auv inordi
nate supply brains and np % tie -
ent m.ne,tl-Hs "ir Unargud ut. d Win any
ih'r ina. na- been set On fIr' by his genius.
Pathology pur u"d iur : .wb ssse i, a
rhhk hunnug ahd Il .tntnz 10: hat when
a mastery u. tongur> is u>ei, d, Professor
Holloway has used it, ior thr dissemination
OF new ldeus aud truly valulbl-. discoveries
among hi tribes and nationa itr.s OF men.
we recognize in it one of the nohlest insrru.
ments OF ciriizatIon md are crate a i.,r the
assistance 1t iuparts.
Whether the long and laburious scjrntifi.
Researches and eXperlmrnts WHEN II, az
Aav hau L. und .r4u before h ,u,.e,dpd IN
Periectln. his unh,r,al rem, de- ct him
Tune tor the personal "a qui>,f on -. al, tn
languages now spoken upon earth, we DO
not RnoA, and, were we speaking of an or
dInary man, should INK they could not
possibly; nut in our estimate of such char
acter as ais, the Common :. anda d intel
lectual measurement IS At fault; and it
seems not improbable that the mind which
obtained dominion over ali forms of human
malady, coulj easily btain he sev to every
tongue.
W he her this b, So or not, cerjsin il is
tflt holloway HI, Established printed Jour-
mails IN all Tie known languages nl the
worid-lou!nals specially devoted to the
lurtherance oi medical truth and Il prock
nation OF the saving principle embodied
in the use ui his Universal K medies. The
philplogiSt could des re no richer treat than
ii perusal ol The many thousand files OF pa.
pers, all OF them in different tongues, which
can be seen il his establishment and fbe
British Museum, endoweI as it has BEEN
b IN by the munif ence o. indI,d ,ris and
b jdies corpora t, Is indebted 20 mo single
individual more than it is I, Professor Hol.
Lowry.
II we needed grand Interpreter of hu-
manly, an Interpreter wnuse former deeds
and general character woulI everywhere
secure favorable audience or whatever
pew ideas he might choose to lay before
tHe assembled congregation OF mankind. it |
Il /" H"i-uw y tnat We should ct necessity |
apply. H, indeed, h $ tuIns. piiolncy TO T!
good accuHHr and lis reward j. th,.-fhal |
/! enau - hJui {" unLers. and Size muri'aaG /
inL craSciess songs o. urneuictiua and .sr.,i-
iude nich arise t. nm from the tu.l hrarts |
Of the mil luus his Universal Rsmedirs have
Iescued from tn very jrws o. the grave. -
1'i,s indeed l. :le most PREGNANT triumph |
.i phliology, ana by lsr tn mos, usr,ui pur-
pn-T mat IN p. - ss"h - many tongues |
has h'thur been HYp'ied t.. \ II honor u
Professor Hu i0way, n miy long con |
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