114 THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 
suming that you are versed in My¬ 
thological lore, that the fable of Cad¬ 
mus, who killed the serpent and 
saved its teeth, which teeth, if we 
follow up the fable, are asserted to 
have sprung up into armed men, 
who slew each other, is but a type 
of the invention of Writing. 
“ The teeth are the letters of the 
alphabet, the armed men are the 
written controversies which havetaken 
place since the Devil and Dr. Faus- 
tus invented those types, which have 
set the world in array against itself. 
Words are but air, and are carried 
away, where the wind listeth, until 
the fluid no longer vibrates with 
