Peter Jones

Peter Jones, an Autobiography. Stage 1

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Käufer können in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1848 edition. Auszug: ... Lowlands. Peter Jones, therefore, under the conviction that the "dispersion" preceded the "confusion," soon saw that the erection of Babel was not to be attributed to the whole human race, congregated on the plain of Shinar, but to a part tieular division, resisting the migratory tendency. And as, especially in the earlier history of man, that which was done under the Providence of God, is frequently attributed to the personal interference of the Deity, the inference was easy, that the builders of Babel were stopped in their work by the indig" nation or the jealousy of their fellows; and the "confusion" arose from oriental Normans being driven amongst oriental Saxons: so that, in the words of the sacred record, they "did not understand one another's speech." What was the Primitive language? Are all languages derived from one? Did man receive or invent the power? Here it was that Peter Jones felt the enormous deficiencies of his early education, and the vast amount of his ignorance. So extreme was his humiliation, so deep his shame, that his first impulse was to stop short in his career, to aim at acquiring no more knowledge, and to be content with jogging on through the world, earning bis daily bread. But recovering from his depression, he returned to his pursuit; and contenting himself with drawing from others, he learned that though the evidence is not yet strong enough to warrant the assumption that all languages come from One common root, there were many probabilities in favour of the conjecture, that the primitive roots were very few in number. Throughout the continent of America, from north to south, the various languages of the"aborigines indicated a common relationship; in Africa,...