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Show nit: iiniMTiuN nr "iii si.nur. WUKMhe 1,111 tu change the time-hnnuiMl time-hnnuiMl iianie of tha UiilvertUy of I).ifrt to the University of Ulali wua under dlacuialou, Mr. Harant, of (Jar field, ma la a atrong plea ngalntt Ihorliaiige. Intbacourhu of Ilia ro-maikt,hlohwo ro-maikt,hlohwo aro luia MlUlaen oor.nl by a very large majority tf the eole, hu txplalnrd the uiMnlng ol tho nurd"lJvvnt.' Xext morning tha "Liberal" organ ntteuii led lo ll.ll-ml.. ll.ll-ml.. Iwlli hiinaul Ida ilrllultlou, and llulthed IU lllalrlle In thla n)l ' riie l.trllebl inangotoiriha nld thi--nut about 'Deeertr liiertiiluf Mmliey bee, an almirdtly altogrllirr, fur by no poaiU bllilyiuldllie wohl iiieun anylhhu of ll.o tori llektrel It llllla il.il only that, and nothing more." Nixt rnomttirf Mr. Utter, thu alu-quunt alu-quunt Unitarian iiilnltUr, addrttteil the aunircd communUalloii to the 7rtiu i rfifor TiibunU in your letue i.f Una morning I raadl "Tho (larneld man gut olf the nld oliealuut about 'lleaerel, meaning 1honey Ime t ipeD. arel' It Millie detect, only thai and nothing noth-ing more" At Ihlt word It not round lu auy dictionary In any leligtt ige, opln lout may differ at lo how lit manning aliould be determined Ibeelrueiuro of lha moixI lltetf lradt many totlieeonolii. aluillh'lt Hit n dluilniitlvaof 'Meaen," un 1 yot nowhere ulte exeepi lu Uiah hat audi u dhnlniltlvo bien furmerl or ineal. Whoihould know lha meaning of a aurd littler than ha who umhI iv llrm? .Sua Ilia tirtl ute of thlenonllt In the IVs.k ar.Mormou (lltber, ahapler 1). here II It aai.l to mean n b.inay bre. 1 he Itu-glllge Itu-glllge In Wblell the ward Itaaldtoluie that liiaaiillig It Iba nrlgliul liugiitgeoi mm, Ibetinoonlour.KI trnueh of Adam and "iinti. Mid iriblt reivrj it hi be rt-ilvcil rt-ilvcil a trio, na lute tu Ilia word "Djeorai" Uio only tw. hum nr thui prliullliii liiiuuu language Vt I tup Kiouitulf to lie Uia uely mtn In the oily who bat read Ilia onlro ll.wk or Mormon till wluler I venture l.i write Ihlt. Iiamii UniiM. '1 ho TnlMnt ma Jo hu nuknard at tempt at reply, attunieil philologlca alra und mldi "tt It a lantaallu IJra i. gotulhojlook of Mormon uumjutt lloiinf philology," Thla luornliiK Mr, Ullir camelnl it the philological rothlrt nudultrrb tern htlii.l hit aneul it illurt tola, little lh. Hook, und hli awkward iu. tuuipllou of Itaruluf , M follovrt: in r ' ll. mi i. iron,..- von ,,i il I trt.i'1 it in, the lie ney Imi. h Itnoraii ,.f the U l thai worrit and ayllnblet ha iatl motnlngt thai are nol rhanged by mmlilnlng ibi n, I ill II I" tl Irila Iba tiito It iho llmi uulhirlie a lo lie ni.nln .it all ..r.l II' flrl uo ol Hi, ..rl lienl In Hie II nk i f M. r in n,mi I III' .inlv '.I' ' r ll-e the wor lm e tr I ren .ut I" bat 1 " n at a n inn h.reln I 'eh It prubabll trie lour ilwll.ini.tii llllle deterl l.y any wriiei of r..glltn or anv oilier language. Hit true llitt we !a man) ditnlnti lliet olullng In ol, at Ike following! l'el hi, pib II , nubile, par mil, i lieinle li . Kti.tte, -o. hot, ,iti"' .U'.l.t- ' I poll, rtfjiietie, fmr.iiit, ,ii ittatl Mol .f Itieto re tin ar.ni. thing el In meaning r lllllnnot, li ugh x.tiif ibnaigh ntago have l It- I bolIM' thov are, alllioitt exi erlloii, loin liu frrrnoh, and hhie lie. n ad'ip'nrl . r I or rowed for uo lu I ...tilth In onrh.n guigo wa tin not make iliinlnutiv tnlll tho syllable el we use ititti4d kill rt In Iniribklu, or ling, at In gotltiia. "II mlhl lie foollth f a gi tiertl lltlUK lo go tu the Hook of Mormon to tetlle a quetllon of philology, bill wbtn we ttv tbil laooo river inttuta Itlter of lletlb or thai Maatiobnh meanailoa of ttfl (Manltnii), wn g tn more Ignorant ier.ple Hun Joserh Hinllh for our aulhorlt) They t,tad lhaae wonlt to uinan a eerttln thing Wa ute lham at nauiee, bot II thMr maanlug It atkwl, tradi not spill lilt in up Into syltal.letiiolo.ll In a philologist, phil-ologist, wa ahnply ask what Utav inaan' bi liiiiee who used Ihetn ilrt. 1 think we should do the tame w thlhowonl Datarar, or else uke the lieahlie tUT of our teal and not ute tho name al all. Tha folly of etipptislng ihat hiii'Ii and tuoh tylliblee liltitl have a aartaln meaning appears if via try to nuke i nival ineeo Utile olive, or, In almllar fithtuu, lo dltaarl inlnartt, Irnruprt, paral, mtrket nr Intekel Tneta wordt happen not tn la: Kreneh illlliliiullvot, and at usage hat determined, deter-mined, Ihey hare no aenae uf alnallueta In their meaning. !mi, af.er all, lba gentleman from liar-Held liar-Held had tha mill In lilt..lot Inn, end lu anawerntuarwlaalt lo strive fur vlelorv laihtrilniruili." Liaviii I rri-K. Tiioratpoirso to thla Is a lot uf round-about round-about and rt'nbling stnteuaet antl n ajeerat Mr. Utlir and lr. Hargent. Hero I one leulrncatluit It measurably clean 'To gat at the trna meaning of tueh wor Is as ua lake, iu ilia language we itkeltiem from, it Ihllolegyt In aifla ti them letelgn and itretevanl de-nnlllont de-nnlllont would lie lu da what Hiullh rll I In ihlt wo ttllh a word of our own tmgite, and woull net lor a moment be tolerated among erllioa of language' Hut tha iii'tctiurnl eentanoa la a Juniblnlhat the llllologiil"lilinielf could not titalieaeiiNi of; "llulhrie It no (iiaatlou of a syllihte, but of a eoinplese wunl.Ukeu and appllail 111 a way utterly foreign tu Ita meaning! aud tho word nude Its iltflner altu bat no aurb route In any language." No Iho Iratiiletor of Iho Ilook of Mormon did not take "a word of our own tongue1' nnd atlltx to It a "foreign" or "Irrelevant ihft Idllon." rhtre Is no audi word at lieieret"ln our own tongue," nor If wa take on tho"ayIlable" which 111" 7nurir aaya Joseph tinilth added, will tho rvmaludcr Deter.ba reiviguUed na "a wonl lu our own tongue," Xeithrr did Mr.Hmlllia'ttnipttiglVB a"doi. liltlon," clthtr relevant or irrelevant; lie gave the translation of a wor I that It ntt "lu our own taogue.' If thu wonderful philologist of ttie Attune caniictiKreeivotuuilltliirrnae, we aro nfruld lie noa-l irduintlon In cu'niuon l.itgl.sh, and ought tu cotnu down lu first prluciplaabifure lie tea)s tl flight tu tha higher regluitt of philology. Tu mike the word hu attamptl to dltlort mean "a little dtrt," ai ha ao biimltiousy astirts, It would liavelo ttichangel to Destltalteiid tvvtl that would tat a "phllologloal" coinage that woulJ rcarcaly pita far genuine. In nu atltthpt b ataiime the rolu of a Itarnrdirllla lie only pla)a the dog. innll. I, and In lilt oncou met with Mr. Utir hehiobeooniultivohol In a tan gloof words which terva to show t'aat he la at the inerey of n superior aulago nl.t nnd It too llllle uilii led to uo-kuuwlrdgr uo-kuuwlrdgr hit utler defeat. |
