Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-07-20
The Largest, ttin the Best.


OF Worcester, by some 1850 words.
Seven thousand six hundred and
fry words bear very small pro.
portion to the gross number IN use,
which are set down at 132, SOC, yet
1850 additional vehicles Of thought,
are not 10 be overlooked in any
correct summing up of our very
profound vocabulary. The ques-
ton Of merit, is settled by the mea.
sure. and the friends Of Worcester
(among whom il is proper to class
the publisher of bis dictionary as
foremost) should not seek TO re open
question so well settled on the
ground. work of figures. II was
NJ. Talleyrand, we believe, who
made the remark Language is
arranged, If II was not invented to
Disguise our thoughts" L. it far
fetched to liken it, to the dress, and
tinsel trumpery which beauty throws
over her shoulders to hide the same
in bootless effort to give the max.
edtruth an additional charm 7 We
think not Yet in the face Of this,
VII manner of things are invented
TO Guido nature, and add another
color to the rainbow. Are we not
very far out at sea, with language,
and does il not cloud the North
Star of truth, In such a way as to
epdanger the sbippingS So it
seems. Who pretends to under
stand the orator in his speech the
letter writer In his fifteen columns
Of the newspaper, or even the edi-
tor, whose vocation il il TO use
aud abuse the vernacular at plea.
snre 7 What is religion, or rather
what is the popular sermon, but q
string of words ingeHiously put to-
gether TO sound well. having the
cadence of loud and soft parts p
What is the law, but mere verbage
--cobweb stuff, woven about So
ciety in such manner az to trap
innocent flies into mesbes of spi.
ders 7 AS society advances, should
not language become more concise,
pointed and brief should not the
terms OF the moral law be written
in a line, and posted in the market
place as well as the temple so that
the people, who are expected to
conform to It, may know what it is 7
Yea, verify, and for this and 9th
err reasons are we in favor Of the
phonetic system. If Mr.. Webster
can be compressed into one hundred
and fifty, instead of running over
fifteen hundred pages, lett be done,
| IL IL does not do violence to the
sense of his meaning. Time is
gained and space is gained two
very important items 10 this life,
which has its limit.
Our attention has been called e
the Twelfth Annual Report of Mr.,
George L. Farnham, Superintendent
of the Public Schools of Syracuse,
N. Y, from which we extract o
single paragraph which has bear
ing on the subject. That gentle
man says:
The phonetic system, introduced two
years ago, IL accom- plishipg more than it,
friends dared hope. The pupils instruct.
, ed In this system have much more dis.
unct articulation, can read better and spell
better than any glasses ever before taagh
in our schools. Although introduced
against the wishes Of many teachers aBt
without the knowledge OF the public, it ha'
already won such favor, that no eas rosic
J rsts,a % tie old msthods. Every teacher
: who uses II Is enthusiastic In It's practice
aud there Is no doubt Bat nearly a gear Ia,
, been gained ia oar educational course By d
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