294 Onan Universal written Characier. 
In Latin, admoneo, admontizo ; conservo, conservatio; 
admiror, admiratio; gubernd, gubernaino. 
Russ, uveschevayou, uveschanie; sochranyayou, 
sochranenie ; udzvlyayous, aioli ; 
upravlyayou, upravlenze. 
German, Ich erinnere, erinnerung ; Ich erhalte, 
erbaliung 3 Ich verwundere mich, ver-= 
wunderung ; Ich regiere, regierung. 
English oh The words are nearly the same as 
French. the Latin. mile 
It is easily seen, that in common language these 
words are often perverted from their strict mean- 
ing; thus, we use admoniiton, for advice; cautzon, 
for care, and even carefulness, 8c. we do not, how- 
ever, find any inconveniency from this incorrect 
way of speaking. We are, in fact, so accustomed 
to speak figuratively, that we do not perceive any 
impropriety in it. The existence of this class of 
words shew us, how mankind, even in their rude. 
state, discovered the need of inventing signs to 'de- 
note their ideas with_accuracy. In marking such, 
ideas, the simple artifice of a small change in the 
original sign is still employed. In my opinion, in 
characteristic writing, the course pointed out by the. 
original inventors of language must be followed. 
We shall find their mode of operation the most sim-, 
ple and the most effectual. 
Besides substantive nouns derived from verbs, 
