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strttctpr from almost the dawn of his existence ; and it surely is a method which must suggest itself to every judicious teacher who is really anxious for the improvement of those that are intrusted to his care . It appears , after all , from Mr . Sterens ' s last page but one , as well as other parts of his explicit detail , that it
will never do for the learner to depend on the interlinear literal translation as a source of ability to render his author neatly , sensibly , and satisfactorily , into his native language . I repeat , that to have a chance of aid from that , he must be either an adult or a very precocious youth , or one who has learned his own language ( if possible ) after the plan of
Mr . Hamilton . I shall not detain you with many comments on the hints thrown out by Mr , Stevens against the fancied Superfluities of Lexicographers ; but propose two questions . Does Ainsworth or any person , in giving twenty significations to one verb , and adding ( which Mr . S . forgot to add ) that it will bear
many more , forbid the learner to impress on his mind the primitive meaning ? I also ask , whether such a variety of meanings , with the appendage of phrases to shew the connexion in which they occur , is not very important to every learner who has not ' * a most uncommon skull ;" and still useful , even if it only serves to
give the pupil a knowledge of words ? In saying that " the first book of Mr . Hamilton by no means furnishes a correct , " &c . j Mr . Stevens is , of course , forming his judgment , as usual , by tbe attainments of a Steaerwianboy . He needs to be reminded that they are purely Hamiltonian pupils whose capabilities this first book is designed to exemplify .
We are told in the concluding para * graph , that sundry * alterations without doubt will occur to Mr . Hamilton in the couv . se of his experience . " If lie is a sensible man , as great alterations will assuredly occur to him as have already been effected by Mr . Stevens . Very pro * bably he Will so modify and remodel , that the identity of Hamiltortianism will , in his case as in the present instance , be equally debatable with that of the ship
of metaphysical celebrity . " When the earthen pot and the iron pot , in the fable , are floating side by side down the stream , it is easy to foresee which will be broken when they are driven together . " I quote the words of " An Episcopalian , " and leave them to the cogitations of Messrs . Stevens and Ha- > i 2 iiitotii These modifications of systems turn my thoughts to the tergiversation of those theological aeronauts who lately
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took their flight to some castles in thtf air ; whence they blew the trumpet of controversial combat , and ejaculated sharp words and hard names against their late friends . The diii of their theoretical artillery smote harmlessly up *> u our ears . Its roar gained distinctness as the sound travelled through a decreasing distance , till they returned , in fact ,
though not in avowal , to the terra firma of a rational system . Here let all such aspirants rest , with the recollection that as the ground is solid , so it may also be made increasingly productive ; and that they will reap far greater honours and far higher satisfaction from effecting its improvement , by a sober adherence to it and a patient investigation of its qualities , than fram deserting it through half frenzied ill-humour or unwarrantable
prejudice . In conclusion , I hardly need express a hope that Mr . Stevens will not think I mean to impute to him intentional misrepresentation . I wish him success in his scholastic pursuits ; and crave his pardon while , in talcing leave of him and of yourself , I transcribe , with the
insertion of an epithet , his concluding words , as a farewell from my review to his system * . " If it contribute in any degree to facilitate the solit > attainment of the ancient languages , its author is entitled to gratitude and respect for his zeal in bringing it before the notice of the public . " No Foe to Innovation .
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True Worshipers . To the Editor . Sm , I havk reason to think that your correspondent , P . S . R ., at page 861 of your last number , who objects to the application of the words ( C true worshipers" to the Unitarians at Wareham , would not have deemed the use of them
inappropriate had he been acquainted with the peculiar state of our cause in that town , to which a particular reference was intended . Our highly respected brethren there having been expelled from a place of worship , in which they and their fathers had worshiped God according to the dictates of their
consciences for nearly forty years , by the silent admission and gradual ascendancy of a party of Calvinists , and denied the Christian name because they refuse to worship Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit , are entitled to be addressed by others of their own persuasion , and themselves to assert with dignity , notwith-
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B 2 Miscellaneous Cvrretipnftden&p .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1829, page 62, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2568/page/62/
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