The New York herald., 1878-02-06
THE LECTURE SEASON.
Mr. JOHN ALBEE ON LANGUAGE, ITS ORIGIN
AND NATURAL ADAPTATION TO THE HUMAN

Mr. JOHN ALBEE ON LANGUAGE, ITS ORIGIN
AND NATURAL ADAPTATION TO THE HUMAN
TONGUE.
Er John Albse. Of csmbridgs. loetursd In the par
ior OF the Church Of the Messiah yesterday morning
Language Present Methods OF study and Results"
to an audisocs that n.led the room. am not nov
speaking OF literature said the eetursr but words.
words as signs, Literature is . record OF msnkpd
words symbois. FOR Instance, the word book.
which was the Northern nome Of that article. meant
beech tree which io:eialhsrs wrote their story.
There history. The study OF language 10 related 10
the study OF man IN agenerui way. Ifyou md ma
zion having great many names FOR sheep. we should
that that was pastoral nation. Thus 10 Illus.
trated what We learn from the hidden page and It Is
through words that history has been developed. II
trace all languages TO one then the unity OF
the OF found. IL Is not tho bare fact OF
hiIy dialects sprnging from one language. but u Is
the use OF It. AN dssirous OF showing the
connection Of language with tho study Of. other SCI
encss In subsoqusns lectures have long wanted 10
answer tho question Of tnoso man who excaim, "what
is the OF learning ianguagss" As general thing
there little good. LANGUAGES learned very su
perncially The paths to knowledge are like the
paths 10 heaven There II rivalry between science
and language. They are just ~ closely connected as
one science Language has as conclusvely shown
the countless ages OF man as has geology or tue study
OF ruins. | propose ~ show III what manner our
tongue belongs 10 one family. Our Language Oeongs
10 tne family called the Indo.Eurcpeap; but better
term aud moro appropriate Is Ar,an which meant the
ploughers distinction from the n0nacc rlbes This
race bac ils abode on the great plains ol Asia.
The head oi this form 10 made up vi the Ce-ths
last the Slav0nanA The most essential worus OF ths
language cCmm0n-as iather, mother, brother,
&c. ne word 'daughter,r common 10 ali Europeaus,
means a mtiker. The wofd "cystcr" WAS derived
irom this race; II means stony. One Of the great
MARKS " the Indo-European language Is inaecIloe.
,f la,a N huHA heAu
monosy AaSlo. We and he Inject system tue most
perfect in the sanscrlt careful analysis Of IBIS
Language shows that tbey all saw alike The Ceits, u
IL supposed, pushed aside other trioos
MANS FIRST USE or WORDS.
No ono knows, as ye. wners man mrs; began NJ, 70
posed many languages must have been and passed
away There three Tor speech ~
man FIRST. tnat u was taksn from natural sounds,
theory rs that Tho sound wo make In Inc excited
state Of mind the germ. The third Is that OF sound
produced Oh anything oeing St, uck THIS latest theory
.'Low,wow." The second Inc .'cuckooV 4 be-
lsve that began with the OF tho
Teaching child 70 speak. Words are u sympa.hsts
acion 0t the mind with external sounds Tbs English
language sprang from tho Teutonc. A. some
time before history recorded the people began
by study oil language. And The Colts were
pushed on through Europe. Thus all were originally
speak many different dialects but there is msin-
spring-che Sanscrit Except what We know from
Sanscrrt words know nothing about this race, iu
which We have the germ OF European cvihzalion.
long sought Tor aud tue questions involved now an
Swsred. rns likeness between Languages proves =
Common origin.
The lecturer than went ON prove that the popular
tales OF all countries we're alike, and illustrated tnis
by \ number OF anecdotes.
There arc lour more lectures in this course.