New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-18
TIE GREEK LANGUAGE.
LECTURE BY DIR. JOHN 4. wEIsSE.

LECTURE BY DIR. JOHN A. ME'Sei"
Alta meeting Of the American Pathological 30
cicty last evening IN TIE Cooper Union Aaron Lo'|
President, IN the chair, Dr. Joan 4 Nesse ce.'''"'
lecture upon the Greek language. lie sad IN pait'
Tho earliest historic records inform a. tnls aboil IVY
years ago cue progeny OF Moan, uh"eE t'e h'r ae
pei.s,. from iCleg or llJcG, 0uI Iid'Si'H HOi 80
spre.t from t.e land of SLLuu utcr G.crte anu -
wr,t, m countries. The uelioneS, Mingled WIN w
Pciasgi and TngacanS by reason Oh ti"t M.
ca and inieilcc,na c1aiaejsu'ug', ,'oh s s.v ia
ing part end exercised tCr chci lnnu'ln -
Greek Affairs IN language became thrfy't ny -.
gu1 OF tbc country. for l. AR 4" c'ne'au' 49, DE-
Greek language II based upon F'ldNsc Ivy's LII, a
..tndlnts Ot rclrg, DOTinS westward ana
Greece, called thCIr country PclAsSA' from 'hol go
Pc,as -t>, anI .tcrWJId Arcadia from MS sou ,,c.
Tnclr ara 50 many names OF flNefs, clli m u.s. r,ms,
&c. Greece when bore IN tue 'rtFA i.kua ~, 10
cyIaput gic derivation thdt We cihh"' 80
origin ~ t'G ptniIiNt races OF tiIi '",'s II pos
arr not Cnancc rcS,Mn,nceS; th"y are dch'4e AZ" -
tive proofs. and mutt b. - regarded 81, l,r.
The speaker described tne spread a. IN, NtsSS..es
age over What was tncu the world ala re nn,, ),
which il hal exercised upon The HE ana '"S ,,. II
every modern atom. After recalling ~ t' t.s liz
his hearers the names the genius 81 "a, 80 ~.
tOr!ans, painters, Gi.d 5CGpoiH a. Nle''', ~ WslgF
claimed Wna a piiy that thc Gr,sss lad mol n "a
ScoI "A Fred .riAa 4. einer or IA Aa,a. ns"a LNloeiJ
TIA and Land down % pOsIrUi "' ~ no .a.
and family ne of their race. Tlc GtcAs ~ md
tinucd. "CucO3rasel and rewarded ~ ,s,ses.
and professional eNrrtioi;s on tie PAR - ~ tie
When We thm6 oaPpho' oi "s ;;,1sT We az
female phy siclauS OF Greece, nov must TN.
mira thai advanced and wiS''ly ora 'r.' CAV o. ocf
which aecins la sons rtsi"Gs 11s.'',',,ltaser yea
- Ia flIfffr
may safely reply A. cncirces tn' si''r i,,,ii, q
Is cvorywhert cNrttGd IL has every c't,"n.d %
the spread o. ciylz ton. ANA no" are We 20 n
the Greeks Tor tue pans th.t '""h F''i,sJ.s to
fruiIs of their gcnns rspcsi'.Y wHoh \" ing ana
pour facilities WhlCI thcy nONissrd Ia! t'N 7,a,u 4
handing tacm down. hut DO you lisa, W H"' f Aez.
the Grc a Language at,r thv f1!l %! IN" S'" iradi
ander the Greatt am Informed thst II J. "', Gresf.
MOdarn Gre,k Is oscN related 10 I' NJ kng
and Efforts which MAY pio5ay IL NhV L. q,
% restore the classic form Of speech D''s. .,ntl
we may say, IN the huSu1ge o. ~ vh,,
Apostle Yet being dead II sir'P''. rA'l.sr
when We utter tho words telegram, hoh.Y"s.i = ~
PIN and u thousand other NocthrS' We ~
tiIros. only very slightly modified oi NOD.
The sps...cr dwot ~ ten-.s upon "a. . 49,. .,.R
ant sle ,slyc Turks" aad asked II II W. ~, 70
tnas they SuOud bc driven Oui 10 a. an" "' a., a.tt
were any longer such hnh. "W5it lit.D' M taIt
been thG hist0ry and the present cOndi,'un u "
of the world lad tsnatur resources ~ - ssasgs
by Gree encryy ana thrift, WAT III -, inaIs
MIA. aaN there been collected AMI lhe"1 ,nlt, ard
over The ylu5tl' The lecturer SpoAt vi 'r N. lei
Importance of solution OF tue Stcfh q'' 's,gr q
he Thought might bc reached by ailay n " rs Noa
the Slaves and Greeks by taking su' S,ifss,ul uis
gr ldually send tho turks across ths il'''
stcrile ASIA ami 10y cemcnting naiioh'i'""