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believe，aswellasmyself，acopyofhistreatiseontheEnglishandGermanlanguages，aspreliminarytoanEtymologicaldictionaryhemeditated)IwentintoexplanationswithhimofaneasyprocessforsimplifyingthestudyoftheAnglo-Saxon，andlesseningtheterrors，anddifficultiespresentedbyit’srudeAlphabet，andunformedorthography。Butthisisasubjectbeyondtheboundsofaletter，asitwasbeyondtheboundsofaReporttothelegislature。Mr。Croftsdied，Ibelieve，beforeanyprogresswasmadeintheworkhehadprojected。

Thereviewerexpressesdoubt，ratherthandecision，onourplacingMilitaryandNavalarchitectureinthedepartmentofPureMathematics。Militaryarchitectureembracesfortificationandfieldworks，whichwiththeirbastions，curtains，hornworks，redoubtsetc。

arebasedonatechnicalcombinationoflinesandangles。Theseareadaptedtooffenceanddefence，withandagainsttheeffectsofbombs，balls，escaladesetc。Butlinesandanglesmakethesumofelementarygeometry，abranchofPureMathematics：andthedirectionofthebombs，balls，andotherprojectiles，thenecessaryappendagesofmilitaryworks，altho’nopartoftheirarchitecture，belongtotheconicsections，abranchoftranscendentalgeometry。DiderotandDalemberttherefore，intheirArborscientiae，haveplacedmilitaryarchitectureinthedepartmentofelementarygeometry。Navalarchitectureteachesthebestformandconstructionofvessels；forwhichbestformithasrecoursetothequestionoftheSolidofleastresistance，aproblemoftranscendentalgeometry。Andit’sappurtenantprojectilesbelongtothesamebranch，asintheprecedingcase。Itistruethatsofarasrespectstheactionofthewaterontherudderandoars，andofthewindonthesails，itmaybeplacedinthedepartmentofmechanics，asDiderotandDalamberthavedone：butbelongingquiteasmuchtogeometry，andalliedinit’smilitarycharacter，tomilitaryarchitecture，itsimplifiedourplantoplacebothunderthesamehead。TheseviewsaresoobviousthatI

amsuretheywouldhaverequiredbutasecondthoughttoreconcilethereviewertotheir_location_undertheheadofPureMathematics。

Forthisword_Location_，seeBailey，Johnson，Sheridan，Walkeretc。

ButifDictionariesaretobetheArbitersoflanguage，inwhichofthemshallwefind_neologism_。Nomatter。Itisagoodword，wellsounding，obvious，andexpressesanideawhichwouldotherwiserequirecircumlocution。TheReviewerwasjustifiablethereforeinusingit；altho’henotedatthesametime，asunauthoritative，_centrality_，_grade_，_sparse_；allwhichhavebeenlongusedincommonspeechandwriting。Iamafriendto_neology_。Itistheonlywaytogivetoalanguagecopiousnessandeuphony。WithoutitweshouldstillbeheldtothevocabularyofAlfredorofUlphilas；

andheldtotheirstateofsciencealso：forIamsuretheyhadnowordswhichcouldhaveconveyedtheideasofOxigen，cotyledons，zoophytes，magnetism，electricity，hyaline，andthousandsofothersexpressingideasnotthenexisting，norofpossiblecommunicationinthestateoftheirlanguage。WhatalanguagehastheFrenchbecomesincethedateoftheirrevolution，bythefreeintroductionofnewwords！Themostcopiousandeloquentinthelivingworld；andequaltotheGreek，hadnotthatbeenregularlymodifiablealmostadinfinitum。Theirrulewasthatwhenevertheirlanguagefurnishedoradoptedaroot，allit’sbranches，ineverypartofspeechwerelegitimatedbygivingthemtheirappropriateterminations。

{adelphos}[”brother”]，{adelphe}[”sister”]，{adelphidion}[”littlebrother”]，{adelphotes}[”brotherlyaffection”]，{adelphixis}

[”brotherhood”]，{adelphidoys}[”nephew”]，{adelphikos}[”brotherly，”

adj。]，{adelphizo}[”toadoptasabrother”]，{adelphikos}

[”brotherly，”adv。]。Andthisshouldbethelawofeverylanguage。

Thus，havingadoptedtheadjective_fraternal_，itisaroot，whichshouldlegitimatefraternity，fraternation，fraternisation，fraternism，tofraternate，fraternise，fraternally。Andgivethewordneologismtoourlanguage，asaroot，anditshouldgiveusit’sfellowsubstantives，neology，neologist，neologisation；it’sadjectivesneologous，neological，neologistical，it’sverbneologise，andadverbneologically。Dictionariesarebut