New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-29
no doctrine OF Elmsley

r oenSee1i in a strong negative. meaning sim
nnncye and future Indicative. The strongest reasons
can I've urged explaining bOth on the same prncpal,
and n il appears that both subiunctive and future In
dirative are used In the prOhhitiye construction the
strongest for Elmseys distinction disappears
collation. which the Professor recently made or inc
passages containing in the Clouds and Frogs OF
Arstophanes in the two Venetian and in ten Parls MIS-
shows that there Is generally Dctter auIhSy ior MY
aorist subiunctve here than for the future wme
the future stands IN an modern ~ SG1
fore that the suhuncve Ought be restored Ill an cSs
In which il has the superior MSS authority ccrtalhy
where has all the authority, as In 296 OF the Clouds
To meet the usual objection that coNlst constantly coH
fused e and and in the classic MSS he inspected
ters an coud not have been interchanged without
obvious blundcr, and In all these the copysls USED
consistently the correct FORM with no more exceptions
than twelve modern copysts would make in copying as
many passages of English
NATIvE-AMERICAN IANGUAGEs-PESSsYLvANA DUTCH
THE DREITMAN BALLADS
Mr. Porter c. Bliss gave dissertation upon the native
American languages. He depored the ignorance exist
ing regarding Them remarking that large portion OF
the few vocabularies collected were grossly incorrect
He doubted any one could give satisfactory ciassin
cation of the Indian languages floating across our con-
tnent He stated tbatthere not so large number
of these by nineenths has been supposed. ne sig
gested that the to be employed In reference 10 e
great American family OF languages should be the adj
verb, HeSperidn He thought that our continent mgn5
possibly represent those Islands CT the Bles hehohou
by the ancients. -.
Prof Lounsbcrry read an interesting paper upon some
verbal English forms Of the 10th and nth centuries ana
logical playhnglaely growing in inerest-the Penn
sor is foreign German Pennsylvania Dutch is ma
tive. The Breitman ballads are mnltaDe IN iOih puS
they have pathological value. The spellngs are IT.
regular and some Of them entirely impossible.
Pennsy Dutch is equally heterogeneous In gender
German is "a very corrupt form of the German He had
not detected single Dutch word IN the whole angnage
the Bavarian but 1t is none or these III y aIguge
o. GeTaRy one me OF m and secsaye
The strong verbs too are given up ana the past
lenses not used The Professor gave extracts from
hook
acutey defined differences in construction between
DR. Dwight of New-Yorll proposed the founding of
kind Of Pathological Institution which should nave
library, journal and foundations for prize essays
THE PROGRESS OF PATHOLOGICAL sCIENCE-A
PAPER BY PROF. WHITNEY-oBJECrs OF THE
ASSOCIATION.
The following is an abstract of paper on
the Progress of Pathological Science" read by Prof.
Whitney on Tuesday evening:
Philooey dates its beginning within the nineteenth
basis, methods have so completely revol-
tionzed it to make II now for the first time fr es
mated The vstas of knowledge opened TO us In the
study OF even the first obscure and seemingly lnsgnn
cant Of human dialects are almost ihconeeiyapie III
and Hebrew have lost little relatively Dy the mtru-
sSm o his Century has been the study Of the old
Egyptian mode of writing aud speech which Will yet en-
valuable is the rapidly increasing study OF the sanskr
which has introduced us TO the ancient Persian hter
ture and opened for us away into the past OF the great
MesOpOtamian cities and empires An Important deVeI-
the Semitic literature, the Arabic,
syrac Pheniean Ehiopc; the japanese ana Inlhg T
too aid in making the present new era in study me
American scholar has especially TO investigate the
The amount and variety Of work to be done is
eets as they Seemed of hellenic tradition and ytho
ogy have had their walls thrown down. and have oPee1
and story. Long the study OF classical antiquity mas
dsy so fresh is its spirit SO numerous and varied is
conquests The same is true OF the modern Language
In regard TO the object of the Association, Prot Whit
new stated that they desired to debate the living ques-
tiOns of the day. TO be not only workshop Tor the pro,
duction OF truth but mart for the Importation ana
exchange of what has been produced elsewhere lie saw
clearly that questions relating TO the classics are likely
to hold prominent place in the s0cetys proeeedgs
they constitute the leading phlologlcal Interests OF
the claims OF our aboriginal languages not because they
are ntrnscy important TO us than to other PEG
others and pershng by action and for our bene-
h That should sweep the red race from our CONT
nept without doing utmost to write out that curious
chapter in History and Ethnoogy, OF which 1t would
form the subject were deep disgrace TO us, r,uo,,
the Professor thought that they would and It admirable
s16ects belongag 10 this department shall he more
| freely discussed. He advised the utmost point OF
breyty in discussion, reminding members tat they dld
speak to the community at argr but 10 one another
as phologists Phology he asserted must not be ex-
Oe indirectly by the depreciation of any other depart
ment OF science they strong enough TO afford to
than justice every other subject that engages
! the intellectual effort OF men.
Education is something exclusively human. 1t is an
nature makes no provision an influence exerted
consciously for that end What makes the possibility or
have lived before US have by hard conflict Win nature,
with circumstances and their souls out and
handed down a store Of information and experience and
wisOmthe result of bothinto the prosecution OF Wnich
we are indicted more or less iuly ny our llnedIaie
the highest privilege, the duty OF each INDIVIDUAL We
owe 10 o1r successors moi merely the maintenance but
also the extension OF the basis Of culture Culture and
- ,5 n,et,,,d The essence OF discipline is simply
preparation. Tue value of given knowledge is not
absolute relative the natural disposition OF learn
err his past studies his plans for tha fre, must he con-
sructor overlooking the whole body u knowledge in its
pupils mind the right KIND, AZ the right time to
secure the best result in the end; Our
general systems Of instruction by classes, with esta6-
isbed are, al their best, only "ht or miss" az
fairs. Hardly pupil grows up to Tnnenoe' or even 10
moderate success WHO has not to LOOK back with regret
TO labor instructed ana time even honestly and
diligently misSpeHt recogmuon OF TINS TACT sn3ulu
system or from the adoption and i9ain ,,,edr
ali learners To make anything less than the whole the
basis OF education taken III The largest sense is quite IN
discipline. and all lead 70 culture INC froiessoa HStu
that the method of cOmpusion which makes educatOh
ary The pupil leave to hands of the Instructor
approaching knowledge the ways in which 1t is TO be
hc no more bdenns error commti than that of found
ing education upon such mock work II the want OF
thorough investigation OF the sources OF knowledge ana
the in which Is ~ be used be not taught to
the pupils his education is failure. Nothing else can
give Us sure ana real possession OF truth Facts are
the social foundation Of education The Professor de
preciaed the filling Of the mind with unarranged valu-
material with frames and shapes having the show OF
sOdy, but without substance or the various kinds OF
by far the worst that which crowds in prema-
turey the derived results Of learning differences and be-
liefs systems aud general truths This Is tho strong
meat to he set before babes
In mentioning the study of languages, Prof. Whitney
remarked that IL vain TO deny the highest cu
ture is within the grasp Of him who studies lie may
study the English tongue alone having knowledge Of
any other. II the ancient Greek 10 whom all dla-
lects save his own were barbarous iargons all
literature contemplate, could make himself the
OF most elegant culture the world has known
let 1t not be said that the modern speaker OF English
nf tfaF md
accomplish something noble No one, however, should
draw from this the conclusion that there Is longer
good reason for studying any language save own