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known to include Hebraic, Sjriac, Arabic, 

 &c.,* as well as of ail other ftimilies of 

 speech, t By way of illustration, we add| 

 genealogical tree of the Arian family of 

 speech representing what we imagine to be 

 the gradual development of the same ; in 

 comparing this with Darwin's diagram, § one 

 should not forget that the author of the 

 " Origin of Species" had to draw up an ideal 

 scheme, whereas we have represented the 

 actual process of development of a given 

 family. II Besides, it was not feasible to 



* The Aramaic is the northern branch of the Semitic 

 family.— T. 



t There is one other family of speech already properly 

 classified : the Turanian. — T. 



X See after the Appendix. — T. 



§ Page 130 of the fourth English edition.— T. 



II Better to be compared, and more in harmony, with Dar- 

 win's scheme, is the likewise ideal diagram of the development 

 of the different species and sub-species of speech from one 

 primitive form, which I have drawn up in my "Deutsche 

 Geschichte," S. 28.— A. 



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