STENO-PHONOGRAPHY. 67 



mind the fact that only one sound is represented in 

 any given case where they are employed ; and then 

 the sameness of the letters addressed to the eye, although 

 the sound varies, obscures still farther the difference of 

 sound addressed to the ear ; 



Segnius irritant animos demissa per aurem 



Quam quse sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus. HORACE. 1 



106. The art of Beading as hitherto taught among 

 us, has, in ways similar to this, by in a word the 

 barbarous imperfections of our Alphabet and Or- 

 thography, greatly fostered the bad habit of hearing 

 u'ith the eyes, so that as a people our ears have been 

 obfuscated and deadened until w r e are nearly incapa- 

 ble of learning the living languages of other nations. 



107. The following Table exhibits the part in ques- 

 tion of Mr. Pitman's Steno-Phonographic Alphabet. 

 I have placed my own namings for the distinct 

 classes of sounds, over and opposite to them, for the 

 sake of preserving unity of system in the present 

 work. 



TABLE No. 2. 



ABSTRACT FROM MR. PITMAN'S STEXO-PHONOGRAPHIC 



ALPHABET. 

 Sack-Mouth. Middle-Mouth. Front-Mouth. 



Statoid or Abstract, __ k / 9 t ( tli \ p 



Cardinoid. (Concrete, _ g / j | d ( dh \ b 



Motoid or ( Abstract, J sh ) s ^ f 



Oi'dinoid. (Concrete, J za ) z ^ v 



1 Things communicated through the ear affect the mind less 

 vividly than those which are subjected to the faithful eyes. 



