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Excerpt from De Vera Vocum Origine Ac Vi per Linguarum Comparationem Investiganda Verum tamen nostra aetate, pr0p1erea, quod ple 'rique huic arti dediti in 'nugas saepe et ineptias in 'ciderunt, cum nihil ab origine sua se posse deduceré 'diffiderent; usu venit, ut universum hoc studium, quod Graieci etymologiam, Romani notationem vocant, risni multis esset et despicalui, multumque inter viros lite ratos refrigesceret. Id quidem falso et injurial Quo; tum enim quodque est hominum studium, quod non deexerit interdum in res inutiles et ridiculas, quod non in minutias et tricas aberraverit! Difficile est in geniis humanis, finibus se cohibere, ultra neque rectum, neque'verum, neque utile potest stere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.