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volume of his interesting work, Chips 

 from a German Workshop, you will find a 

 paper entitled, " My Reply to Mr. Darwin ;" 

 in which the learned professor, after 

 paying a well-deserved compliment to 

 the author of the Origin of Species, observes 

 on that famous book " To me, the few 

 pages devoted to language by Mr. Darwin 

 were full of interest, as showing the 

 conclusions to which that school of philo- 

 sophy, which he so worthily represents, 

 is driven with regard to the nature and 

 origin of language. I do not think there 

 would be any thing offensive in stating 

 that Mr. Darwin, sen., knows the results 

 of the science of language at second hand, 

 and that his opinions on the subject, how- 

 ever interesting as coming from him, can- 

 not be accepted or quoted as authoritative. 

 It has often done infinite mischief when 

 men who have acquired a right to speak 

 with authority on one subject, express 

 opinions on other subjects with which 

 they are but slightly acquainted." * 



* Chips, iv., p. 435. 



