152 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



the Volapiik should come into general use throughout the 

 civilized world, then there would be no necessity of learn- 

 ing a multitude of different languages as is now the case, 

 but the scholar or whoever wished to communicate with 

 other countries could learn Volapiik. 



Monday, Jan. 25, 1892. Eev. G. T. Flanders, D.D., 

 of Boston lectured on "Our Aryan Ancestors." The lec- 

 turer said that the Aryan race, came from northwestern 

 Asia, and from them all the Europeans are descended. 

 Their language (the Sanscrit) is the root of all European 

 languages, including even the dead languages, Latin, etc. 

 The Sanscrit, he said, is the only perfect language known. 

 As a proof of the common origin of all European nations 

 he cited the fact that they all assimilate, whereas the 

 Chinese and other nations not springing from the Aryan 

 race will not assimilate. 



No modern family knows its genealogy with greater 

 accuracy than we can trace ours back to our Aryan an- 

 cestors, the clew being chiefly philological. The conquest 

 of India by the English, and the discovery of Sanscrit in 

 1784, opened the way. 



He then gave a few specimens to show how affiliations 

 of language prove a common origin of peoples. 



In conclusion, Dr. Flanders told how the Aryan race 

 has perfected society, morals, science, art and philosophy. 

 It seems to be their mission to link all parts of the world 

 together and establish upon the earth a common brother- 

 hood and a common language. Slowly, but surely, all 

 varieties of our race are coming to be of one speech. 

 From unity to diversity and from diversity to final unity 

 is the irresistible law. 



Monday, Feb. 1, 1892. Rev. Joseph Kimball of An- 



