﻿MAX 
  MULLER'S 
  CONCLUSIONS. 
  Ill 
  

  

  must 
  have 
  been 
  once 
  a 
  common 
  under- 
  

   standing 
  amongst 
  men 
  who 
  dwelt 
  together, 
  as 
  

   to 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  that 
  sound. 
  And 
  when 
  

   this 
  common 
  understanding 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  affect 
  

   the 
  nearest 
  relationships 
  of 
  life, 
  and 
  the 
  

   animals 
  domesticated 
  in 
  primeval 
  times, 
  the 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  ancient 
  consanguinity 
  is 
  complete. 
  

   In 
  this 
  case 
  "the 
  terms 
  for 
  God, 
  for 
  house, 
  

   for 
  father, 
  mother, 
  son, 
  daughter, 
  for 
  dog 
  and 
  

   cow, 
  for 
  heart 
  and 
  tears, 
  for 
  axe 
  and 
  tree, 
  

   identical 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  Indo-Germanic 
  words, 
  are 
  

   like 
  the 
  watchwords 
  of 
  soldiers." 
  But 
  when 
  

   was 
  it 
  that 
  the 
  fathers 
  of 
  nations 
  now 
  so 
  far 
  

   apart 
  as 
  Germans 
  and 
  Hindus 
  were 
  living 
  

   together 
  under 
  one 
  roof? 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  

   which, 
  in 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  Time-absolute, 
  no 
  

   man 
  can 
  answer. 
  Only 
  we 
  know 
  that 
  before 
  

  

  