Polyglot Reader, and Guide for Translation

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Excerpt from Polyglot Reader, and Guide for Translation: Consisting of a Series of English Extracts, With Their Translation Into French, German, Spanish, and Italian, The Several Parts Designed to Serve as Mutual KeysFrom the natural progress of civilization, the arts and sciences have assumed an importance which has called forth a corresponding advance in the cultivation of the languages of those nations whose high state of cultivation, and rich literature, have rendered their idioms powerful auxiliaries in the acquisition of useful knowledge, the formation of taste, and the discipline of the mental faculties. At first confined to the privileged few, a knowledge of these languages was looked upon rather in the light of a fashionable accomplishment. As their practical value became more apparent, they began to be studied also for utility's sake. It is only since the luxury of the few has become the want of the many that the real importance of the modern languages has been better understood, and that, not only with a view to the benefits consequent on their acquisition, but also as a means of intellectual cultivation, their study has become 'a leading branch of modern national education.Foreign languages, indeed, should not be studied merely as a means of international intercourse, or on account of the information their writers may afi'ord. The study of language, besides being a very wholesome mental exercise, yields in itself a class of knowledge second to none in interest or value. Language is not only the organ of thought, the medium of communication between mind and mind, but so inseparable is word from thought, so instantaneously does each suggest the other, that it has been forcibly contended that without words - not necessarily written or even spoken, but conceived - thoughts would be impossible. Useful, then, as a second language may be, either to extend our circle of communication, or to multiply our sources of information, it will assume a much higher importance, if its study he made subservient to a more profound knowledge of the native tongue, to the formation of taste, and the cultivation of the intellectual powers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.