282 GENERAL LITERATURE, &C. 



Greek, to which source etymologists must go for that 

 part of the Latin which the Greek will not furnish. 



Roman Names. 



Every free Roman had three names, the nomen, 

 praenomen, and the cognomen. The nomen was the 

 family or surname, as Scipio ; the praenomen answered 

 to our font or baptismal name, as Cornelius 1 ; and 

 the cognomen was added from some incidental cir- 

 cumstance, or to mark some particular branch of the 

 family, as Publius. To these a fourth was some- 

 times added as an honourable distinction, such as 

 Africanus. 



Augustus. 



The Greeks rendered the name of Augustus by 

 2EBA2TO! (Sebastos), and gave it to all his suc- 

 cessors, after the example of the Romans. Hence 

 Sebastopolis, which occurs so frequently as the name 

 of cities. 



Theory. 



When the mind is intoxicated with a theory, it 

 eagerly grasps at every shadow of evidence that 

 seems to favour it, and it is generally the first dupe of 

 the system it has created. 



Controversy. 



In conducting a controversy, the following rules 

 ought to be observed : 



1. The terms to be clearly explained. 



2. Phrases of self-sufficiency to be avoided. 



3. Personal reflections prevent just reasoning. 



4. The adversary must not be accused of indirect 

 motives ; his arguments must be answered, whether 

 sincere or not. 



