Show LECTURE ON THE SCIENCE OF GRAMMAR delivered by ORSON H HYDE at the opening of his is school in the council chamber january 1855 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN the subject that has called us together toe flier this aliis evening to me is ia a very ery inte interesting lr anu and an ail important one and I 1 trust that it will be no less so to you yon antei af ter you shall have understood its impo t arid and nature it is the science ot the english T 0 i Lang language As this his banua language 11 9 e lias has been more highly honored lion oled in our day by y the supreme ruler above than any obber in that he hath bath chosen it as the file most beautifully grand and impressive i meli medium tiva through abich his a andales could b be e conveyed to mortal morta 1 hc e here on oil earth can call we be just fled it if we remain amin in a 1 I state of indifference with regard to its beat beauty ity it its richness Tic briegs and its strength I 1 the english ling language t age is Is c chiefly I 1 I 1 i le fl d derived ed ved f raffi the saxon dani danish sh celtic and gattic gothic but in the file progressive of its refinement it has been ILI greatly C a 1 1 enriched eni ched by accessions from the greek latin t i french spanish italian ai and gelman geiman la languages I 1 11 ll ages the of words which it lt at U i present pi esell consists of after deducting pi oper names and words formed by the inflections nouns ark and adjectives adjective kiy may be es mated at ovar over FORTY THOUSAND 1 this heterogeneous mass of words as found in J the english 11 vocabulary allu bary when drawn 0 out ut in ia line e of discourse diso lirse according to the laws of syntax and embellished by Ifie he force of I 1 h et orical elocution his has made nations to 0 o tremble and empire to quake mort mori glorious conquests have been achieved and victories won try the force and power of language than by all ifie be armed legions cletion that ever mamaed into the battle field to meet tile the foe in deadly conflict no widows tear nor noi 0 phairs sigh detT detracts acts from the the I 1 I 1 former formen no ac acang I 1 lit i r heart is is left to 16 curse the brutal policy that bereft it of its dearest clearest earthly object no plaintive notes from the deathbed death bed of thousands of brave arid and gene generous roas w warriors priors to wrap a nation in ill gaikins gai mens mins of delepe deeper r mourning and it remains to be that our future destiny for wea weal I 1 or for v OP is is suspended upon our vidia language 11 1 l bathy words thou shall be justified and by thy words thou be condemned condemn eP JUs I loo true that this science has been lightly spoken odny men at y e eg nd ana exper experience fence wid end 1 must say that it is never pleasing to me to hear bear anything by way of jest 0 in sober earnest that may be calculated to beget in the rising generation a dislike for this most important bi anch of education should such an influence influent ce prevail among our youth it needs not a prophetic eye to foretell the result when the present actors have played their parts and retired from the stage our successors in the persons of our children will not be able to keep a proper journal of the events of their timeto time i to speak or write correctly or to manage and conduct a periodical for the diffusion of that knowledge which it has hag pleased an all wise creator to shed forth foi th from the heavens in our day for the benefit and salvation of man without foreign aid you have undoubtedly heard the drunkard druh kaird speak against diun drun kness tb the e thief against th theft eff and the profane and profligate person against his course of life because lie he hm has weltered under the smart and ting of his own immoral and criminal aeta acts but you never heard the enlightened grammarian speak of foe science in terms of the slightest Ais disrespect respect and I 1 here predict that you never will while language remains the agent for or the transmission i of thought I 1 the person unacquainted with the science eci of music who has no taste or ear eai for I 1 I 1 I 1 indulge in many slight and ludicrous remarks on heal ipg a class exer exercise tise in some ome of the first rud ments and rules of the science but to the skilful ful musician his remarks ici narks prove no ancy or 01 impropriety in the science but on oil the I 1 contrary that lie himself in elf is s ignorant of i and also of the path that leads to its attainment the charms of music consist in tile the union arid and i harmony of its para partia arid and when elcee executed buted by I 1 performers it II peeps into a melody that hat I 1 holds in spellbound spell bound all the finer and I 1 more elevated feelings of the soul son but 0 the ie path I 1 that leads to tile the summit where the clowel fl owel ea charms arm of this science are wetted acted on oil the breatix bi eat I 1 of ci mot mo moa t skilful performers pei pee formers ant fall on oil your ears with such pleasing accents is wind winding hig steep and ra rugged raged ged and andja it i eguires patience francc and industry to gain the e eminence the mus music fn an of f language cons consists isis in the union union and harmony hai mony af f the he various vai ious parts of speech of which it is is coin composed posed and whan laste fully selected to clothe a useful thought or valuable idea and that thought or idea borne to your par ear in in thai di dies es aikens emotions almost as a vividly pleasing as the maid of your choice when p entwined with the he bridal wreathe to receive your most s a 6 red vow we are arc met chis evening cv ening ladies and gentlemen to consider our inclination strength and ability to commence or recommence commence re our journey up tip the lugged steeps sleeps or of the hill of science tile child from five to ten tell years of a age e has little or no use fise fr t r scientific knowledge from the tact fact that his childhood bars hita against those responsibilities which lie is destined des thod to inherit in the progressive periods and stages of his life but as his mind becomes strong stronger r nd laore leve lo pedy the force of unavoidable avoidable circumstances I 1 he I 1 e is is tile the better qualified to acquire those of science winch which wills anable him more mire successfully to stem tile current of opposition in his upward catir e to moral and spiritual exe axcel el ence I 1 wea I 1 yoi to our highly esteemed gohei nor and P esi derri whose ear for foi music and ill language is perhaps pr haps more lely dis discerning cernin 1 1 t than lien that hat of any other gentleman pres present ent and ask as k him if lie he I 1 has as noam not more or use for scientific knowledge ow now since the increased cares and responsibilities bili ties cf both ch chirch arch and state are resting upon him tom together th ei with the planning anning Jl of public works inne machinery nery hid nd fortifications against In indians diali 1 ac c than ilian when I 1 lie he first this gosp gospel el som 2 25 years ago and went preaching prea hinZ without 1 purse or 11 aria and what do you imagine would be his ansai i apply then cheti this same principle and course of reasoning to the rhu ell ch and what do we dis discover covet when when she was in her infancy slie she dd nt not attract tile the attention and anze of the ahoi hi she had liftee use for scientific knowledge and little or no time to acquine it but having become s in her int intellectual el and physical organization by the force of unavoidable able circum si sl clances ances such as by earths degenerate degen erite sons and the bouti bounteous boune leous ous blessings e of f a generous providence upon the loyal loal subjects of his eternal laws she begis beg is i s to have greater use for science zin bindis dis more eligibly situated to acquire it in iii these peaceful valleys than when buffi buffeted eted in the sta stale to upon the waves of bf political strife and reli religion ion intolerance where perhaps the first fi st house bonse erected c for educational purposes was ligh I 1 ell up tip b by y the he torch of the incendiary whose amid flames enit en it a sickly glare upon our prospects for scientific pursuits in that country countey we ire aie fi fit fast t growing rowina into importance import anc and the eyes of 0 f 0 oui ui N nation j lint i ar aie e upon u our v n ads and our acts aie duly daly scanned by hei let official in ill private privat butia but if this were all al we should have live littly to fear there is holeve a power above mai high ovel till all that zes all out oui nf nets ts and doings with an eye that never sleeps we are not only watched over with fatherly care at home bl but I 1 t other nations cast an occasional glance at af us their kings and their queens dream oe 0 us and god them some things as they are and as they will be there will be da daniels niels and mordecait Morde cais in their courts and no doubt haymans too 00 oo tile the political world is about to fall and crumble I 1 in ia Iti esca inconsequence in of the great amount of I 1 repulsion which its pars possess the religious world also like babes mighty emp ro or like tho the millstone which the dugel angel cast into the lie sea will sink in the whirlpools of conflicting interests interest sand and sentiments and her remains be like tile the gleaning of or grapes when the vintage is done As saviors on mount douht zion and as restorers of every just and bioly law whether from heaven avei front from nature or from tile the legislative councils of earth let us become quil tied led to act well our part in the great and eventful scones that will 0 pen open to our view and not sacrifice fico our birthright at the shrine of an all unpardonable iti in relation to qualifications that come within our grasp the rising generation ire are destined I 1 to 0 act a more important part inthis iu this drann drama before us 1 therefore call upon them to awake and prepare to do honor to their station whatever or nv wherever her e ver it may hereafter bo be while we yet in the chambers of the almighty with the ensign of peace gently over our leads wid dud plenty ILI in on our r rs and our storehouses full think not my young friends that you can call spend n the ard and vigor of f your days d avs in the vanities ail and pleasures of life lifland aud and in year your more al advanced years store your minds willi wid I 1 wisdom arid and knowledge kitow ledge but let your youthful energies now bo be devoted to the acquini acquisition lon or of jiff literary ay and lid 4 scientific clenti fic knowledge that when you yon arrive to manly str strength di dignity guity and wisdom you way may call all into immediate requisition the fraus of your youthful labors and toil suffer not a sluggardly or indolent mind jo to induce you to postpone the period for the commencement men cement of scientific pursuits q with tile the vain and delusive delav two bope hopel dat by aud and by them principles p les of education will become so ao simplified that you oan can pick them up alp with aspittle as little labor aud and trouble c as you can call pick up the cobble stones of the iho street t all the education you can call acquire in this easy way w will 11 1 I not be as valuable to you even as the cabble stones for tho the latter when collected and laid up into a ferice fence form a sect secure imand aud impenetrable fortress as aad ais clearly proven by reference to the wll in program pi ogress of erection arund ar und president Kini baHs bails dwelling but the former will pr prove ove too flanzy and spurious to safely fortify your minds against a thousand evils that will beset you va all sides alie value os an is often aud lid not of improperly estimated esi mated by tile a n of labor and aind toil required to obtain it the precious metals are not often toften found lu iu the streets or highways but iti in bye and sequestered aide places es deeply im bedded iu in the crevices arid and subterraneous caverns of the earth if you yon will have atheni you must dig for them they will cost you much time aud and labor but when obtained they will ill richly reward you for all your toil loil the gems of the ocean are not found floating upon tile flood crebb or ebb tides but in the bed of the deep blue sea they are hid from the vulgar gaze of athe multitude and only sought bythe byllie few who know their value and who wh 0 have courage and resolution enough to tan park riu the enterprise enter prize scientific knowledge Ss is hid up in the elements inthe in the caverns and storehouses of natures nature and is only found by those who seek seekim sit with all their he heart art the man who neglects to discipline and train his mind in the science of bf religion knows bat little about cabout god or angels or the he glory of the sa sanctified what little he doest does understand he has borrowed from the labors and toils of others the presidency of this church are the losew of learning and in my opinion you who needia need at can take no step iu in education to please them more thein than to engage in the study of your own lown native language it is the joy and pride of their heir hearts the attention of the ahe people being turned to edu education edtion they donot want paiit you yon to trust to it bow however evor as to god but through t they want you to be able to present those truths tuat heaven reveals in interesting arid engaging light that will reflect lionar honor upon you as the agent upon god as the author all and p 4 ahe church as the body to be exalted la lay y hold then upon education if you can get it easily I 1 have no objections if a uon aon on any an principle you can acquire it in a more easy manner than has been generally adopted in times gone by you ze aye DOUBLY guilty if you do not hot attend to it forthwith show me one person that ever did ti jump U p into a brilliant education without I 1 labor abor and toil in self alph application c aaion and the then u I 1 may be converted to the easy method of obtaining it but lest jest I 1 mav be in some of my views I 1 would nayif say if you can got get education easily get it and be thankful to god for it it if lit it should prove a iab laborious orious task for 3 you on do not be discouraged discourage or ablin relinquish your exertions I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Lanja language sige being the science through which the I 1 knowledge of all other sciences is communicated de demands mandis our first mud and most candid consideration and as the english E glispi ii laign agli go gc in its genius and a nd construction both bolli strength and beauty I 1 I 1 to i a extent far surpassing ali t of nuy any other lan ian gig now it use useve we ought aa students of that I 1 I 1 language to apply gur ourselves selves ciha ze zealand vid perseverance rate I 1 aa wi with t powers which it 1 I IZ there are few persons in the world who care I 1 not fo for r the appearance of their dress they I 1 generally want their garments of a good material and to fit them in a becoming manner our 1 ideas a and ad thoughts are also entitled to a beckin ng drewsand dress dres sand au d it should be our aride jo them with wilh the ili most 0 t chaste and gunj beautiful c language that I 1 they hey may may haug around our person as jewels of I 1 j un unfading hading bea beauty uty evou even its as 11 apples of kold gold in I 1 tures of silver we however may know the i meaning of thousands of the niest beautiful words 1 in our latigu language ige yet if we cannot discover the I 1 ae legitimate intimate relation they bear to one another and j altange their trin a sentence according to the laws ws I 1 of syntax that govern them we conic come as fax far short of tile the knowledge of the science of language ai as tle the architect of the knowledge of ili hs profession if lie he understand not where to place ills 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