292 Onan Universal written Character. 
tidudo, solitudo, prudentia, constantia, Sc. In Russ, 
there are many examples in stvo, as pos toyanstvd, 
(constancy) sweerepstvo, (cruelty) ubivstvo, (mur- 
der; from uézt, to kill). In English also most of 
our foreign compounds retain nearly their former 
terminations in preference to our own in ness; thus, 
constancy, vartety, fortilude, solitude, tranquillity, Bc. 
It appears to me that this variety of termination in 
the constituted languages would produce no con- 
fusion in characteristic writing. The marks denot- 
ing this class of ideas would be translated into oral 
- language, according to the custom of readers ; thus, 
if joined to prudent, it would not be rendered into 
English, prudentness, but prudence: if to fortis, the 
Latins would read forteiudo, and not foriitas ; and 
so of others. 
Another terminational sign, which may be cel- 
led adverbial, is to be found, I believe, in every 
language. Its operation is well known, and ex- 
amples easily found: thus, dixziws, juste, pravedno, 
justly, justement. 
Terminations are also found to modify verbs; 
thus, by changing the termination of the verb, the 
person who performs the action indicated by it is 
denoted. 
In Greek, EPYAW, EOyaTYS : anew, anOUcYS. 
Latin, facto, factor ; lego, lector ; audio, auditor. 
