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First published in 1904, this book contains the conclusions of a
series of lectures exploring the moral and historical value of
single words. The author argues that, just as wisdom and knowledge
are discoverable in books, so too are these treasures to be found
in individual words themselves.
This volume is intended to be a contribution to a special branch of
the study of our own language. It proposes to trace in a popular
manner and for general readers the changes of meaning which so many
of its words have undergone; words which, as current with us as
they were with out forefathers, yet meant something different on
their lips from what they mean on ours.
First published in 1904, this book contains the conclusions of a
series of lectures exploring the moral and historical value of
single words. The author argues that, just as wisdom and knowledge
are discoverable in books, so too are these treasures to be found
in individual words themselves.
This volume is intended to be a contribution to a special branch of
the study of our own language. It proposes to trace in a popular
manner and for general readers the changes of meaning which so many
of its words have undergone; words which, as current with us as
they were with out forefathers, yet meant something different on
their lips from what they mean on ours.
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