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entirely misleading (e. g. honor cf. honor). The student, therefore, 
should not be left to ‘^pick up” his English pronunciation of Latin, 
but from the beginning should be taught its rules and should be assid- 
uously exercised in them, until he shall have learned to leave nothing 
to chance or to conjectural analogies. 
Morever, in case the reformed pronunciation is the one used, we 
can not too strongly and frequently impress upon our students the 
necessity of mastering the principles of the English method also : for 
this must, at all events, be used whenever there occurs in an En- 
glish sentence any of the following : (i). Latin or Greek proper 
names, geographical, biographical, or mythological; (2). Latin (or 
latinized) words which have been adopted in English without change 
of spelling {e. g . , stratum, apparatus, bonus, syllabus, comitia) ; (3) . 
Latin law-terms, proverbs, and other short familiar quotations {e. g., 
habeas corpus, in statu quo, e pluribus unmri)', (4). Latin and quasi- 
latin . scientific names (with some exceptions to be mentioned 
later). On this point, I believe, all authorities are entirely at 
one ; — whatever system of Latin pronunciation we use, all the 
above-named classes of words and phrases must, when they occur in 
English sentences, be treated as English and pronounced accordingly. 
This is not only settled by authority, but also required by the clearest 
reasoning; for while some of these terms are used by only a few 
specialists, others are among the most familiar of every-day expressions, 
and between these two classes others stand at all intervals. Who 
could draw the line between the familiar and the unfamiliar, and say, 
“These shall be considered as natives, and those as aliens?” Such a 
distinction is evidently impracticable^ More than into any other Ger- 
manic language, there is a constant current of words flowing easily 
from Latin into English without change, especially of technical terms 
called for by the insatiate natural sciences. No attempt to stay the 
tide can succeed; and it is well that all authorities agree that such 
terms, when needed and when properly formed, are to be treated im- 
mediately as a part of our language and pronounced according to the 
