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arrangement of species in any permanently 

 (even over a limited period) nameable order ; 

 nor then, unless a great man is born to perceive 

 and exhibit such order. In the meantime, the 

 simplest and most descriptive nomenclature is 

 the best. Every one of these birds, for in- 

 stance, might be called falco in Latin, hawk in 

 English, some word being added to distinguish 

 the genus, which should describe its principal 

 aspect or habit. Falco montium, Mountain 

 Hawk ; Falco silvarum. Wood Hawk ; Falco 

 procellarum. Sea Hawk; and the like. Then, 

 one descriptive epithet would mark species. 

 Falco montium, aureus. Golden Eagle; Falco 

 silvarum, apivorus, Honey Buzzard; and so 

 on ; and the naturalists of Vienna, Paris, and 

 London should confirm the names of known 

 creatures, in conclave, once every half-century, 

 and let them so stand for the next fifty years. 



8. In the meantime, you yourselves, or, 

 to speak more generally, the young rising 

 scholars of England, — all of you who care for 

 life as well as literature, and for spirit, — even 

 the poor souls of birds, — as well as lettering 

 of their classes in books, — you, with all care, 

 should cherish the old Saxon-English and 



