New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-19

drowned burglars fred the fatal shot thatt was dono
at q time when Jarvss life was In Imminent periF
that neither Rulo Dexter, the other burglar were
An position 10 ward of the danger threatening Jar'h'
and to revent the shedding of blood.
RULoFF's THEORY OF LANGUAGES.
Az regards the theory OF languages Tor wmfh h"oh
obtained 50 much notoiety 1t may best be shown IN MS
own language a. follows or Tan :, 1911,
Ihave never yet published one word IN III sonneel
on with my name II H. not my purpose " 90 20 low
prefer, II it please TO remain az slan
derstood and unknown, object OF W. =, a
der reproacb and exccration But strange ss n
SEEM this day upon Gods earn nas romplsbed
mSre desirable result Though abong under SSSry
be- sa sss s sT WAY saTns
work upon which my health strength and al 19
hest energies of my life have been expendednhI u, ny
work up9n "Method in the Formation OF Ineu, eIn
Tbat work NAV now have to published without DeIng
Completed II contains in the form Of regular re
tion Of mehodca language It's design was at once 10
furnish 500 illustrative examples Bnt the examples
not being as vet arranged the application OF the primer
Piles without the examples may MOI &c IL, or anv smi
lar account is the object Of the following remarks:
Fundamental facts In relation 10 tne sulyGG. e a
From the four and twenty letters OF an Ordinary aa
bet without some special method such eega', coplos
and euphonous languages as are now III Se s an Of
sbly he formed. At very remote period iue waits VI
aysncing cvizaton begetting the necessity for such
language a corresponding method was deYseu. h ii
method was in the ghest degree elegant philosophical
and artistic Admitting OF numerous applications, ana
heing be only true by phosophc method OF which me
subject susceptible, all the Leading languages vi ,
human race have since been formed upon IL; az tne
ancIcnt Greek Latin, Sanscrt Hebrew, Arabic Ceue,
German French, English, &c, DC The knowledse o
The method was for long time preserved as secret.
II peculiarly In possession OF inc prehs ~ tso
known only TO the initiated, and never taught 10 He
neople at large Unless still preserved In some secret
order il ia now entirely unknown: My mahureilpe ~
probably the only work in existence when cvi'aiis
| ANYTHING like a connected statement or A., Its
| leading princines. The knowledge or THESE
| nrnciples il Of the utmost Importance 10 INC
cause of education entirely changing the character vi
languages formed upon this plan, words are not merely
arbitrary signs They, are signs each OF whch Is s
ciay and appropriately significant TheT sgnncanse
deDpnd upon certain artistic relations, eyefyWnere per
nre upon susceptible OF change without
loss of identity Such roots and the mode OF Their MANI
uation are certainly unknown to the modern
Rom and Others merely observe the presence OF similar
forms in different languages, they merely trace the
course of such forms from one language 10
They do not show their origin in any BY the knowiedge
OF these roots the very origin OF particular WoIs ~
dered AS perfectly plain aud familiar ~ If we had MADE
| them ourselves.
| Tho foregoing examples here unayoidably pre-.
sented in detached form, but they snow lhe graz i
of n remarkable recurrence of the same elements ID
| numerous words OF analogous meaning. Wheh mature
consideration has convinced that the etyInoogy OF
words is precisely as here stated ana tnaI We o IN '
way attaiu the origin OF such words as arc
here given the mystery of the formation OF lehgc
at once and dispeed And when IL IL realized
Others by artistic relations distinctly assgnabe and that
these relations everywhere IN harmony WIN Ioeca
relations In the world around u.s. profound admiration
felt the union Of philosophical prOprety ana Oh arts
tic elegance pathological study IL placed IN new Hgnt
and the restored art is TO be capable now, as Ia gay
gone by of exciting the deepest interest even III the
Youthful mind, and hence OF subseryng the Shest pu
poses in the cause of education Respectfully pr,,