Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-01-31
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with weak Judgment, and the mind that
readily treasoresap facts. dates aud names
is supposed to be Incapable ofundefs tsfGine
principles. bnsaimG3 sski $40 o. sg9Tse9 2
a1tis Undoubtedly true that wbehBis n !
power of the mind is dsproportiobate' "a tbc
others, OF cnltivated'fn excess the remairine =
faculties v5ll De d@aFted.E dehidSis etv.
mologically, thdt'whichTs born in mi man. iII = .
Usually indicates superiority io, some de.
psttment Of htellectual labor. IL Is often
Synonymous with The natural bent, Of the
mind Its therefore anomalous. The noet
''f imagination all compact, . when most
inspired, is nearest o insanity, ..7 =, Z
"reat wits to haSaess nearly are allicdy = =
| The memory may become SO active as TO
absorb the native epergy OF all the ,olher
PoggLs PS.s zout TTnegs Tiers is 2 harmonipus
ueyeloPmesaatd !sadSoal q az the faculties, sas good
memory is as !essendnl 10 inlelleel pal great,
!lli ness 'i.f as good Judgment Cicero regards
u az ssRs qua non ia the successful ,orators
He al also mentions the fact that Hortensiusa :
Zone Of hemost illustrious Of Roman orators
could sit all day at an, auction, and at
night mention accurately every artjcle sold,
with its price. A tradesman might do the
same 4 hing where be was persoYrS lIyAin,er,
ested, and yet be FefY deficient in mentaI
strength. -u -,
Al scholar is often admired for his retep.
tive memory or for his fariliry IN the acouis..
.ition ofia foreigulaosuage, 6ns sfch aldlitv
lis no trne rheashee of the minda Iianruoees
are studied as q mental discipline, as in
spuments OF thought, or for The treasures.
they coutain3 A foreign language Is rarely
learned so as $40 become as familiar nc our,
natise tongue. Some liuguists have
learned q second language for daily suse so,
ihr0us!hly as to lose the ready use of the
first. AS one occupies The thoughts, the
other r6tires. rs la.e 17's.l 2 20 13
No man can Miak readily in more tlfans
one Tlanguage. The eRomnns gemployed,
Greek nurses for their ebildreh,, so that
both Greek and Latin might be simultaae \
Ously. acquired. For the same reason 4
Russian mobiles employ English purses !.
but in both cases, the results haze proved
unfayyora9le to q correct Knowledge Of eth.
er tongue. .s.f.,..,b -, .,.,s.s, -, !
An English scholar, Mr.. Stewart Rose |,
resided mary ,yeagsjn Italy The Italian
became 50 tamiliar to him that he lostlin 4
part his native English. The classical
scholar who can read Herodotus or 'racitus
at sight, or The German who !cana read
Hume or Macaulay ia the same wayemay |
be said, respectively, to know the Iangua- |
ges in 8bich those authors wrote :yetmay 4
not be able TO speak or write them with |
faeilitya Some very superior lipguistse
might be ableto doit. 3 a'lt-suQ % SuI 4
The admirable Crichton challenged the |
world to- debate with him ia twelve d, ,fferent |
languages His knowledge of the inability |
OF his agonists probably made him |
bold; % Mithridstes, it issaid. understood,
twenty-five different iangGages. He could
in the tongues of all the nations
oYet whom he rdled.zoW hen il Is remem.
5ered thatignorant people never use more
than three or four hundred words, this story
may seem true.oT siJsyIvaI a. vsy. sar /
The greatest linguist of modern times
was the Cardinal Mezzofauti. He spoke
forty or fifty different tongues. Baron
Zach, the Hungarian esttohotfier.a says Of
him "He aceosted me ia Hungarian,
afterwards spoke to meain German, at 'first.
IA good Saxon, then IN the Austrian aud
Swabfah dialects, with aaeorreclness OF ac. |
cent that amazed me ID the hst degree q j
He spoke English 10 Capt Smith, Russiau !
lnd Polish 20 Prince Foikonski. These
we're but a portion o. the tongues he spoke /
II the sat6e lnteftie@A 4 There can be no
ioubt that he was the greatest prodigy in
anguage that. ever lived, yet he VAS no
,hilologist, He understood nothing beyond
hemeaning, pronunciation, aRd grammer OF /,
he languages be spoke SO flently. !. He !,
lid nolhing' for comparative, ,pbiIology aud !
be most Plodding German, guided by his
handbook and wordbooks, Isl Q, better \
eholsE and PHILOSOPHER than MeEzofsnlls Il
0usI.1 fJ 17TFT- III NJ TTy.IntsyoD y hi
1T is an exquisite aud beautiful thing ID \,
'ur, ,iatprs that when the heart is touched
nd softened by some tranquil happiness or II
feetionate feeling, the memory Of the
lead comes over It most powerfoi and ire H
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