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fture in the Organs of fpeech , reqaifite to the Formation 
of a Sound defired 5 aod^ fo to effedt both parts of what 
we intend. 
My next Inducement to undertake it^was a conrfideration 
of the Perfon ^ (which ^ in a work of this nature , is of no 
fmall concernment 5) who was reprefented to me as very 
Ingenious and Apprehenfive, (and therefore a fit fubjeft to 
make an Eilay upon 3> and fo far at leaft a Mathematician 
as to Draw Piftures, wherein^ I was told, he had attained 
fome good ability, which did induce me tobelieve that he 
was not uncapable of the Patience, which will beneceflary 
to attend the Curiofity of thofe little varieties in the Arti- 
culation of Sounds ; being already accuftomed to obferve 
and imitate thofe littie Niceties in a Face, without which it 
is not poffible to Draw a Pi&ure welL 
I {hall addthis alfo , Thatj Oncej he could have fpoken,\ 
though (b long agOj that (khink) he doth fcarce remember 
it. Buthavingj by accidentj when about five years of age 
loft his Hearing ^ he confequently loft hisfpeech alfb 5 qot 
all at once^butby degrees^in about half a years time: which 
thoughit do confirm what I was faying but noWjHow need- 
ful it is for the Ear to guide the Tongue in Speaking, (fince 
that Habit of Speakings which was attained by Heariog^was- 
alfo loft with it,) and mJght therefore difcourage the un- 
dertaking 5 yet I was thereby very much fecured 5 that his 
want of Speech was but a confequent of his want of Hear- 
ing, atid did not proceed originally from ao Indifpofition 
in the Organs of Speech to form thoie Sounds. And though 
the negleft of it in his younger years , Vv^hen the Organs of 
Speech, being yet tenderj were more pliable j might now^ 
render them lefs capable of that Accuratenefs which thofe 
of Children attain unto : (whereof we have daily expe- 
rience ^ it being found very difficult ^ if not itnpoffiblej to 
teach a Forraigner well in yearg^ the Accurate pronouncing 
of that Sound or Language , which in his tender years he 
had not learned :) yet^ if he can attain to fpeak but fo well 
as a Forraigner^ at his years , may learn to fpeak Englifh^ 
what ftxall he farther wanting to that Accuratenefs which a 
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