The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-02
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everything, ana, esau' ne aN'0"""e' 4''s
even to my English
Mezzolantrs linguistic poWeis "etl -.
deed so remarkable that II 10
SAND plties that the phohoglaph "as ~
invented IN time TO reco'o so,'e y, no
Achievements. we thiih' anu nty'
that we pay man siiia uia' -
compliment when we say ina. nc speah '.'
language other than MS Own 90 CO.
rately as to deceive even tflose WIZ aie
born TO 1t. In the last sehera.io,
great authority DECIDED tha' sucn .
knowledge OF French Tor ihstahue, couiu
only De assigned 10 three Ene iia 1Ii'-
one or them was the late I1ehiy NeeNe'
whose version or IocaueVlhe bnioo
racy IN America was saiu ~ Diose
that man may know lans uuse eett
wen anu translate ~ NelS 80
Mezzolahtl counted the iais uasee ,Aoe
ne spoke IKE natlVe ii'ei"i - ooN
ems Carolnal Wlsemati' VIM hiem CIV.
loved MIN, mas lett strihills testimony
10 thls almost prster-ha'u po"ei
seventy OF eighty iansuass ~ W. ~
was master pelole ms ue"'n' -,
was lainiiiar with al the Na'ie'.es Vi ~
alect, proVlHclallsliis a'.u PAINS
would detect the particular eouiis -
fAhslano rom Whlen pei"oA e@re' "
the province III FRANCE by - w.
guese ne was once, 10 MS ISaioiis''
Wlsehlans) own knoWieuse' .aheii ~
countrymah, ana on ahother occasion ,,e
was similarly mistaken Tor an Ensilsll-
man. lie spoke German anu ffench'
saws AIRED NaurV, with SUCH pbTltC-
ton that II was lnpossipie " peiieNe
that III was an ltallan VIM was epeaNiNs
Inc mere catalogue which I'D iteu
German scholar gave OIL MeAAuian'i
requirements IN le4l IS as appaiiiiis ~
the average man, VINO ~ parlicuia.is
pleased with h1mselt II ne can easiiy
read four or five languages peslaes ms
own, as the list or Glppons OF Macau-
lays reading is to the average student.
1t. is worth quoting In all lts paiohess'
for only mass of detail can nelp one 10
appreciate what knowledge OIL seventy
| or eighty languages really means.
| He Is familiar" writes Cores, WIN
all the european languages, anu ny inns
| | understand not only the ancient GAS
steal tongues and the modern ones OF the
| f1rst class, such as the creek OF Latih'
or the Italian, French, German, spanish
| Portuguese and English, his knowledge
extends also to languages or the second
class, namely, the Dutch, Danish ana
Swedish; to the whole Slavonlc FAMILY
Russian, Polish, Bohemian or Czech' 10
the Servian, the Hungarian, the Turk-
1sh; and even to those or the thiro ana
fourth classes-the irish, the Welsh' the
| Wallachian, the Albanian, the bulgarian
and the lllyrian.a Even the roman OF
the Alps ana the Lettish are not I'M
Known to him; nay he has MADE himseiI
acquainted with Lapplsh. he IS master
of the languages which fall WITHIN the
Indo-Germanic FAMILY. the Sahscfit ana
the Persian, the koordish, the Georglan'
the Armenian; ne Is famillaf Win an tue
| members OF the Semitlc Iarnliy, the RE
brew, the Araplc, the Syrlac, tne pa
marian, the Chahee' the Sapiac' nay,
even with the Chlnese, which ne not
only READS, put speaks among the ma
| mite languages ne KNOWS Coptic, hthi-
| oplc. Apysslanlan, Afflharic anu Alsio-
csc"
| After the perusal OF TINS not very SCI
entific but amazing catalogue one
pauses to take preath.a Inc linguistic
attainments Of lMezzofantl, which are
| supported by the most unexceptlonaple
testimony from all sides, can only pc
compared with the achleVenents OF tne
| calculating boys VINO now ana then
| come to light with what seems 10 pc
special and rare faculty Tor mental
| arithmetic. Mezzofanu put MS apillty
to much better use imam any OF the
calculating boys except BIDDER, ever
did. No one could nave mace oetter
use of the excellent memory ana re-
markable f1exibility OF the organs OF
speech to which Mezzofanti hlmselr at
| tributed his linguistic EXPLOITS. In
| a. ne had quite unusual opportuhi.ies