, 1879-08-23
ENGLISH ORTuOGRAFY.
A Strong Plea for the Ris-
ing Generation.
Overmastering Necessity for Re-
formed Spelling.
Address Of Prof. r. 4. March Before
the biological Association.

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snon az lin .ature bcoau 10 be produced tn tic
80 ~. .'s... t.,,.,, g., .xors ~ tho
ncR speech 'he a!t1ho'S ooRa" " "o'5 ~ '"'
scflbcs Tor ther spelling. .............--.
.sAda.n Sc.lvsnce, - says Chsgenf if ever 1t thee
bofalls
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almost al OF them nangtcd in the uttcEafc, Was
ppnuoh tn mir anv sertbe .t,rh uisr,1st and con.
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scrfpt can nuWadays thlriT attain to.
When printing Was begun by Caxton. In
1874. n vroa with n for, q uf puteh pr,ntcra. who
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eouur alIef thelF Duten thsi'lou' VIII Han5 au
obJurEa.ion OF our eraruarles sung. But III thc
yreat ntt,t!nr u{I1rcs rules or habts ealltyaIcnk
10 rules, soon BEGAN to ero up. More or less
'oe" ~. ,,.s - sas, Az, ,,,o t,.,as
n'cnt 60 h'"e W use" " "paes oue w 'l'es'
but aside from thla We sc1uom fsou "oru epelt
In more than tivu or sir different WINS IN vel
nr,n,r,l book Of the time Of El,zabrth, uud ,le
nu"'oe. " v" ~ I,n.,A.
Som EDITIONS oi the Ene'is' l'!ole "ef very ea.e'
July spelt. mud tlnnly Dr. johnson Ra'e tse
ttnm2 OF nutllority to the prevalent ilabts OF the
London prfuters, and VIC arrived at stantard
Jr,hograty.
Not without protest, however. DR.. johnson
Eas no scholar anu no rciorfer. but library
Tory: There wer many attnrks On him III E''.
rlsl,il. but the prlntvrs touIs his slc. 50 iar
Is speliug IL concernd. ul"l sintc lis day
nuthor but by ,ip spelling. of The pri''ns.n!lic.
Thlnus went somewhat dIfrrcnt1r IN Alncrirs
ihc old Iory's name d.d MOI reso'ncna his noo<
on this sldc The water. Our anecstufs scjolecd
In lforuu Toulsg's exposure 0t his gnuFaHc, anil
ION of tIrt1u tlot we ind beler nav III American
tanEllagc, ne We wer to hav MI American nnssOa.
Dr.. FRANKLIN uni Soat Webster ar thu lest
xnun promoters Vt this movtncnt. r!es :arord
toro reform Ut ille lauy'1uee on fo1ttlc hasss.
THIS was the darn oI scientific cuts,nil'stns III
Tie rpalm Of language, but tAo prlutrFs proscu
100 strong Tor Turn,
Webstfr.s Dictionary has indeed IN name
except III 'te endgs Or and e, thc Later Pt'ittons
Of Webster hav forgotten, Or se.ne.nhcr
With fnnt prnsc, the refortna Ape!l !lt1.s
by wiict, he act such store. AiLcr tho Rrvo-
lttonary ar1lor past. tic llrrnry c.as tur1.d with
enewd affection n.lsl drIint to The old countrY,
l,v old lunle. llauy WIS nc sha usew up III a
hnus where tsrrc wer topics Of Saksprrc aud
den, mid burke md Iunlus. An old foio u
Ben Jnnsou, Spencer, Chaurcr, Fats Pluwtnnt,
Or one Ut GerYasc aimrklun!'s les stately aaar.
los, with granufatimr's nn1no on It. fpnda
pan feel as tho hc had blue t]voA lu his vrts.
cl,e very paper Mlti bind ,s, mud tie spelling.
xer swect and venerable to HIN. By asni by
arose Sir Walter Scutt a,nl Byron, Wordsworth
.ud CoIerllge, aud al llc host Of tllut wonder.
Iul generation. Tile tak Ut an American latl.
tunGu pnst awny cr retired to tne baekwuotts.
And Whenever schemes Ut rcfortnA spethts wer
bruarht, al they wGv now mud lirN, lhe
llterarY elias took them Us u kind Of
personal insult, and overwnclmd 1hc. r.
ft.rmrrs with il,,tnrsurable rrproarll ninl in.
sxt,nguishsblc lafler. Whhtn the Inst 'liti
yrars, huwever, o ro.uplcte reyolnllut, lsas
scilu!urly clas. Ttlc hfest words Of thu old
scl,olars wcr culture anil tntN. THY taut to
mold t!lcmsclvus into buttful characters. IhGY
smut to dwell Will busiEul objects. Tiny weF
sanl Of saying that butY il Its own excuse 1Ur
being, that thing of blitY is Il Joy forever
Till htcst words Of tie ncw seholars ur
proyvss a,ld ty.etr; new truth they waut, uh1
nr,s fruit every div in the improvement of tiIe
ktatt Of mau, Culture turns irou llcttuH to
fact, from puetry to science. Linguistic stttuy
Bllarcs sale spirit ot tho age. 1t las turnl
from drelmnlE over old luYo stories to the
,tudy ot uatious aud III rnnn III recorded IN
laugiluge. The gloogist rivals tir genI0giat
in reatIits. tle records ui tic raee t0 thu lusi!s
Of lunuuage. llu Ia u htstoriall Of tIa til'lcs
before lstory. llu EIys us lilo pedigree
OF natlots wl0se ,lame n,d plaee rlo mnicrn
man culld gcs. And tl1 wishes to du s.Hntn.I!-
, for Ills fcius, tu brar hs part III improving Tie
condition uf the race md ,aturaiY III improving
langungc. Tie foundation III the selcre Ut
lnur ungu iB aitI IN sllu 6glr,lr 1T yoca snllb1s
LIVERY student vi Tie 1lluurrn selunc studies
funoiogy. Tho means Ut representing su,inds
by vs,ole alrns Or nso part of Ills study, an.l lhc
spelling Ut the English iungiilse, anIol,g ntipr
:hiups. And gu lhu sprl'ng vi sllr EnyIIaII
language has BEGUN the opprobriam of English
scholars. Iht greatcst ses.u!ars Wer NATURALLY
the first to sptnk uut huldIy- Tile vreAtrss
genuA 4tnong erasnarlatls, Insuh Grim, but
few ycars ngu congratulated the 0tl.er
Europeans tint tile Eugsh hnl not nlade the
discovery tllat Whimsical. antlNuated urthug-
.a{Y a,pVd iu tlt WY vi The universal acrapt-
-luee Ut the language. Now ws cull,l Ill voiuul
Ftil exposition AInI objurEaliut1 ul thu u1'up-
pruaclablc badnes ot our spelling, from tlle pens
VI elnlneus EagI,snnlcn aud Americans.
Bishop rhirtwull, ttr lllustrus author OF tic
"Hmtory 0! Hrcece," saya:
lang l srf1i jIsa