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Elements of Latin pronunciation for the use of students in language, law, medicine, zoology, botany and the sciences generally in which Latin words are used

PRELIMINARY REMARKS. HIO ENIM USUS EST LITER ARUM, UT OUSTODIANT VOCES ET VELUT DEPOSITUM REDDANT LEGENTIBUS : ITAQUE ID EXPRI- MERE DEBENT, QUOD DIOTURI STJMUS. — QUINOT. INST. OR. I. VII. The use of letters is to preserve vocal sounds, and, as it were, return the deposit to the reader : therefore they should express what we have to say. In making some inquiries into the phonetic peculiarities of the aboriginal languages of North America, I found myself at a loss, from the want of an alphabet in which to record my results, those of Europe being more or less corrupt; and finding the statements respecting the Latin alphabet to a certain extent contradictory and unsatisfactory, I resolved to investigate it, with the intention of using it strictly according to its Latin signification, as far as this could be ascertained. This special inquiry being made, a view of the results is here presented. Pronunciation is the basis of philology, and without a know- ledge of it, in examining the various writings likely to be used for philological purposes, little progress can be made in this science. It is of little use to show a person unacquainted with Arabic and Greek characters, that Ministry

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