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    cheap , ( not exceeding one shilling in price , ) I consider it deserving of support by the Unitarian body . S .

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    than to the brethren , to gain an acquaintance with the Christian Scriptures in their ori g inal tongue . That is a labour they will never repent of : and , moreover , to study that tongue agreeably to the ancient and genuine pronunciation , which , with very little additional trouble , and several

    important advantages , will give birth to that characteristic feature of Unitaiianism which it seems desirable that it should possess . Sincerely hoping that this plan may be adopted by many , I shall proceed to make a few remarks on the mode of pronouncing Greek to which we have alluded .

    In various learned works , the true pronunciation of the Greek letters is elaborately detailed and evinced by suitable proofs ; and this is a subject which does not present much difference of opinion . I may refer the reader to Matthias e s Greek Grammar ,

    the Port-Royal Greek Grammar , and a tract appended to Scapula ' s Lexicon . One mode of pronouncing the vowels has prevailed in almost all languages , ancient and modern , except the English ; and the ancient Greek utterance was analogous to this . In a word , the Greek vowels a ,, yi , i , are

    to be sounded like a , e , i , in French or Italian , or as they are in the English words papa , fite , profile . T is to be sounded as the French u > a sound which our language does not present . The dip thongs ou , */ , are to be sounded as ou , ei , in our words soup , receive ; the dipthong av , as our ou in round *

    Among the consonants , we need only remark , that £ is to be sounded liks ds > and that % , ch , has a peculiar guttural sound , such as is heard in Welsh and German , but not in French or English . These are the principal points to be attended to in the pronunciation of the letters . To the syllables belong time and tonein other rds time in otner

    — wo , auanana cone— woras , quantity and accent ; both requiring considerable attention in the ancient languages , but not to be discussed in this place . It is a part , however , of the proposed plan to pronounce the Greek

    agreeably to the ancient written accent , which we all know has been entirely abandoned in modern schools , and the Latin accent substituted in its place ; so that a schoolboy who shall read Greek with the accent which was given it by Demosthenes and Plato , is severely castigated . For extf , ftcart-

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    34 Mode of pronouncing Greek .

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    Sir , rTlHE remarks on the use of the JL Greek language by Unitarians which appeared in the Repository some time ago , under the signature

    of Hellenistes , ( Vol . XVIII . pp . 205—207 , ) may perhaps be remembered by some of your readers , or at any rate appear to me worthy of being so . The idea of cementing otir union by using , more or less , among ourselves , a language in some sense our own *

    has something in it ingenious and pleasing , and , in the scheme proposed by Hellenistes , seems not only free from all objection on the score of ill consequences ^ but really calculated to yield no inconsiderable benefits to our body . An engaging token of united

    brotherhood would be provided , while the general scholarship of Unitarians in an important and appropriate branch of learning would be much promoted . But if I judge rightly , the cardinal

    point of the plan is not the use of Greek in the common way , but the adopting a peculiar , that is , the original , mode of pronunciation in speaking that tongue , so that even a few Greek words spoken or read , av ro 7 q reXetou ; , would afford at once a characteristic

    pledge of the sentiments of the speaker . Hence it appears that , to give effect to the plan , there is not required any profound or unusual acquaintance with the language , but that a very moderate one would answer the end

    very fairly . This I say to obviate an apprehension which may be felt , that a laborious course of study is required by the proposal , such as few would be able or willing to bestow . No pains , in my judgment , will be illemployed which are spent in

    acquiring * a deep and critical acquaintance with Hellenic lore ; but as far &s regards the present purpose , it would be sufficient to become well acquainted with the Greek of the New

    Testament , an " acquirement in itself of so great value , that this or any other plan which shall furnish an additional stimulus to the pursuit of it , might on that ground only be deemed of very laudable tendency . Let us then consider it as recommended to all Unitarians whatever , who have it in iheir power , nor les « to the sisters

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1825, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2532/page/34/