822 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION J. 
On the other hand, the words have become the reflex 
forms of the combination of reason and feelings. The words 
of the sentence now do the work that was done by the 
sounds of the word; and on this higher scale we observe 
the same phenomena that attracted our attention in the 
lower. Buffon was right in saying that the character of a 
man is shown by his style; that is, by his manner of speak- 
ing. And as each man has his own style, so each body of 
men, each nation, has its own style. So that, by a close 
study of literature, we learn to understand the character of 
a writer or of a nation. If Lord Tennyson had written in 
Spanish or Persian, the skilled philologist would discern 
that none but an Englishman, and, of Englishmen, none but 
Tennyson, could have uttered thoughts lke those. 
In every department of the science of language there is 
ample material for investigation, and in none is there any 
excuse for mere guesswork. The philology of our days is an 
exact science of engrossing interest; its study demands the 
keenest observation and the most patient research, for it is 
the avenue to the noblest and most secret realms of know- 
ledge—to the full knowledge of the human soul. This is 
the beacon that illumines the path of the student of 
philology ; and this is the ultimate Canes of the study of 
the Psychology of Language. 
