...Condillac, who has thrown so much light on the nature and origin of language, makes the following remark : " Could any one know a language, if the brain did not...habits answering to those of the ears to hear it, to trary, read the French phrase instead of the English, the pupil relying on his ear, which is not the...

...even with humbler views, we thin•k it of no mean importance. Condillac asks, " Whether any one could know a language, if the brain did not acquire habits answering to those of the ears to hear it, those of the lips to speak it, and those of the eyes to read it ? The recollection of a language is...

...who has thrown so much light upon the origin and nature of language, makes the following remark : " Could any one know a language, if the brain did not acquire kabits amwering to thoie of the ean to hear it, to those of the lipi to speak it, and to those of the...

...actual lesson with the Teacher, a language is rapidly and pleasingly attained " the brain acquiring habits answering to those of the ears to hear it,...speak it, and to those of the eyes to read it."* The Author of this Translation, in the course of his practice as a Teacher, has witnessed many instances...