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A Lecture on the Study of Comparative Philology: Delivered November 13, 1876
Excerpt from A Lecture on the Study of Comparative Philology: Delivered November 13, 1876
T is with a certain feeling of diflidence that I come before you to-day. The place which I now occupy has been occupied so often, and so much more worthily, by one of those masters and moulders of words who can throw the charm of interest and eloquence over the driest and most technical of questions, that I cannot help fearing lest the study I have at heart will lose from the short-comings of its advocate. The inevitable comparison will suggest itself between my plea for the study of Comparative Philology, and the well-remembered eloquence of a Professor who has made the science of language a household word in this country. To follow one who has added so much lustre to the University of Oxford, and so much re nown to the study of language, is at once an honour and a source of embarrassment.
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T is with a certain feeling of diflidence that I come before you to-day. The place which I now occupy has been occupied so often, and so much more worthily, by one of those masters and moulders of words who can throw the charm of interest and eloquence over the driest and most technical of questions, that I cannot help fearing lest the study I have at heart will lose from the short-comings of its advocate. The inevitable comparison will suggest itself between my plea for the study of Comparative Philology, and the well-remembered eloquence of a Professor who has made the science of language a household word in this country. To follow one who has added so much lustre to the University of Oxford, and so much re nown to the study of language, is at once an honour and a source of embarrassment.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published September 27, 2015
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A.H. Sayce
498 books9 followersThe Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (A.H. Sayce) (25 September 1846 – 4 February 1933), was a pioneer British Assyriologist and linguist, who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford from 1891 to 1919.
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