Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from English in the Schools
Here, as in the less important matter of form-study, and with less reason, lack of in?ection is made the ground of a charge that English syntax is not amenable to logical methods. This is a grave indictment, and, if true, condemns our lan guage, not only for training purposes, but apparently also for human nature's daily use. Our relations as intelligent, social beings go on the supposition that our language is a logical me dium of communication, and it had been doing its work fairly well until these minute classic philosophers sought to blast its scholastic pretensions and threaten its practical usefulness with this notable discovery. The pressing necessities of our case, the absolute demand for English in all departments of life, and the despair of supplying its place must excuse the mother tongue for not stepping down and out at the bidding of these philological Mrs. Guppys, who so domineeringly order lan guages out of their own homes.
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