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casioned a blush of mortification. Yet he might well have
been pardoned a want of knowledge of French; but how
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Webster furnish a satisfactory guide and authority in this
particular? President PORTER, the editor of the last edition
of Webster's Unabridged, says of its "Principles of Pronun
ciation," originally prepared by Professor Goodrich, and
elaborated by Mr. Wheeler with suggestions from able schol-
ars, that "a more thoroughly practical and satisfactory
treatment of the subject, the editor confidently believes, can-
not be found in the language." The principles thus thor-
oughly and carefully elaborated, in their application to each
individual word, have also had taken into account, as the
final law, the best usage of both hemispheres, the result of
wide observation, correspondence, and a comparison with the
labors of leading current English lexicographers. The claim
of Webster as high authority in this respect the public have
fully recognized. The importance of a satisfactory guide on
this point is obvious.

(From the Educational Reporter, July, 1877.) . In most matters pertaining to human intercourse, and in regard to which man has frequent occasion to communicate with his fellows, there has always been felt the desirableness -well nigh an imperative necessity-of a rule or measure, established by authority, or so fixed by usage as to have become generally acknowledged, and to which appeal may be made in doubtful or disputed cases. Thus, among Christian nations the Bible is recognized as an infallible guide in morals and religion. Gold, with civilized countries, is the established standard of commercial values. So of measures of weight and dimensions: What perplexities and annoyances would be saved, and how much the general convenience promoted, by the universal adoption of the metric system. In the foregoing and other instances how great the advantage, and almost absolute need, of a fixed rule or measure by which all doubtful questions in that special department can be decided. Is there scarcely less want of such a recognized authority in a given language? Without it what ambiguity as to the meaning of words? What diversity of usage in orthography and pronunciation? Have we anything approximating to such an authority and guide? In France, a learned body, the French Academy, sanctioned, if not appointed by, the State, determines usage in such matters, and its decis-path-y, Hy 'dro-path'y, instead of Al-lop'a-thy, Hy-drop'

ions have the force of established law. In this country and
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and other causes, no such body exists, nor if existing would
its authority probably be conceded. The alternative seems
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lexicographical authority. Have we such an authority?
And, first, and as most important, in regard to the mean-
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present Chief Justice of the United States wrote under date
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How cominon the error of All'o

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Is not the claim well established, then, that Webster is the

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