Biblical Repertory, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Biblical Repertory, Vol. 2

Another and not less important reason, which makes a critical'comparison of the Sanskrit with its European sis' -ters, worthy to be undertaken, is the light thrown thereby upon each 'of the languages compared, and the clearer view we thence obtain of the most ancient forms of each respec tively, ' and probably some conception of the original and primitive signification of a great part of the grammatical inflexions common to all. It IS chiefly by comparison that we determine as far as our sensible and intellectual facul ties reach, the nature of things. Frederick Schlegel justly expects, that comparative grammar will give us quite new explications of the genealogy of languages, in a similar way as comparative anatomy has thrown light on natural philosophy.

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