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HISTORY
CELTIC LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER I.
" Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of
their fathers : for we are but of yesterday." — Job viii. 8.
OPINIONS OF EMINEXT PHILOLOGISTS RELATIVE TO THE
ANTIQUITY ANT) CONSEQUENT IMPORTANCE OF THE
CELTIC LANGUAGE COMMENT THEREON BY THE
AUTHOR THE BRITISH AND THE CELTIC COMPARED,
&C.
The history of language is the history of thought
— a picture of the gradual development of mind —
human nature reflected as in a mirror ; and as such
it forms an exalted science. It carries us back to
the infancy of mankind — makes present and past
ages meet; and, whilst Truth, in all her divine
harmony, reveals herself to the admiring student,
the mind luxuriates in lofty thought — the finer sen-
sibihties of the soul are brought into play — the
heart is necessarilv beinsr enlarged and liberalized

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History of the Celtic language
Description"... wherein it is shown to be based upon natural principles and elementarily considered contemporaneous with the infancy of the human family likewise showing its importance in order to the proper understanding of the Classics including the sacred text the hieroglyphics the cabala etc etc".
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DescriptionA 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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DescriptionSelected 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.