40 THE TWO ORDERS, OR METHODS. 



tnre Universe, in accordance with the Principle of 

 Analogy jnst stated, and a Type or Model of the 

 Whole Universe. More than this, Language, occu- 

 pying an intermediate position between Matter and 

 Mind, .between the Physical and the Metaphysical 

 Sciences, it is especially well situated to serve (by re- 

 lation to its own inherent organization) as an In- 

 terpreter between them. Language is, therefore, 

 scientifically indicated as the Primary Modelic Sphere 

 the Particular Miniature Universe which it is fitting 

 to adopt as a point of departure in the larger investi- 

 gation of the Entire Universe, and of all its parts. 

 The Human Body is another Modelic Sphere to which 

 there will be early and frequent occasion to recur, in 

 the ulterior development of Universology. 



64. If, in accordance with thes*e premises, we as- 

 sume Language as a Minor Universe of Being, and 

 treat the distribution of this Domain, Naturismally, 

 or in the spirit of the existing Sciences merely, there 

 are still two Orders or Methods in which we may ap- 

 proach and prosecute the consideration of the sub- 

 ject. We may, in the first place, commence, so to 

 speak, at the periphery, and proceed towards the cen- 

 tre ; we may, in other words, attempt to surround 

 and embrace Encyclopedically, the Entire Content or 

 Contents of the Language-Domain, and to bring a 

 certain degree of System and Harmony into our 

 knowledge of it, by an external, non-vital, and super- 

 imposed arrangement and classification of its several 

 Departments. All the different Languages spoken 

 on the planet may thus bo enumerated and classified, 



