b PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



many persons did not know the difference between praised 

 and have praised. They do not seem to understand the rela- 

 tion between Jiave and praised, and do not consider that the 

 word have does not always express the same relation. 



Mr. Marling wished to know whether those scholars who 

 had the advantage of a good drilling in Latin were not better 

 acquainted with the English language. 



Mr. Houston said that it would take a much longer time to 

 make them good English scholars through Latin than through 

 English itself 



Mr. Dale, in proof of the importance of the study of the 

 classical languages to a thorough knowledge of English, shewed 

 that the study of the science of language must necessarily 

 come after the perfecting of the language. We must have the 

 perfect forms of the words as the basis of a scientific study of 

 the language. This perfection of form was intimately con- 

 nected with that completeness of expression exhibited in the 

 addresses to public audiences. 



Mr. Spence remarked that the knowledge of another tongue 

 was not necessary to the formation of a perfect language. 

 The Greeks formed a perfect language without the knowledge 

 of any otner language than their own. 



Mr. Keys, in referring to the classification of the science of 

 English, which Mr. Houston had used in his four divisions of 

 Grammar, Pliilology, Rhetoric and Prosody, thought that it 

 was unfortunate that he had used the term " Philology " for 

 his second division, as it was in a sense quite different from 

 that in which it was generally used. It was difificult to find a 

 word to express the idea for which Mr. Houston had used the 

 term " Philology." He thought, however, that the expression 

 " Word-Lore," would convey the idea exactly. 



