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on my part ceases, the object loses its pre-
eminence ; yielding up its place of prior
interest and consequent proximity to some
other object, now nearer to my thoughts.
This instinctive adjustment of the relative
local position of the elements of primitive
" speech-matter " grows, gradually and
naturally, into the grammatical idea of a
local, or " space," relation between the
word-members of a statement or proposi-
tion. That idea of " space " relation may
long be of very limited scope and applica-
tion. It may, indeed, be acted upon as an
unconscious instinct, long before it is con-
sciously realised, or at all clearly evolved
as an idea. But potentially it is already
paramount ; is, in fact, the potential mother-
thoueht of all oframmatical relations, and of
the conscious notional distinctions to which
these grammatical distinctions give expres-
sion. The germ, the nucleated mother-cell,
if one may so speak, is there already,
waiting to be fertilised, with the widening
of my experience, acquisitions, and growing
wants and desires, for the production, pro
on my part ceases, the object loses its pre-
eminence ; yielding up its place of prior
interest and consequent proximity to some
other object, now nearer to my thoughts.
This instinctive adjustment of the relative
local position of the elements of primitive
" speech-matter " grows, gradually and
naturally, into the grammatical idea of a
local, or " space," relation between the
word-members of a statement or proposi-
tion. That idea of " space " relation may
long be of very limited scope and applica-
tion. It may, indeed, be acted upon as an
unconscious instinct, long before it is con-
sciously realised, or at all clearly evolved
as an idea. But potentially it is already
paramount ; is, in fact, the potential mother-
thoueht of all oframmatical relations, and of
the conscious notional distinctions to which
these grammatical distinctions give expres-
sion. The germ, the nucleated mother-cell,
if one may so speak, is there already,
waiting to be fertilised, with the widening
of my experience, acquisitions, and growing
wants and desires, for the production, pro
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/75800668 |
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Description | Celtic footprints in philology ethics and religion. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.1 |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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