Excerpt from Hieroglyfic, or a Grammatical Introduction to an Universal Hieroglyfic Language: Consisting of English Signs and Voices, With a Definition of All the Parts of the English, Welsh, Greek, and Latin Languages; Some Physical, Metaphysical, and Moral Cursory Remarks on the Nature, Properties, and Rights of Men and Things Since thofe animals, which are endued with the organs of fpeech, are incapable of articulating any conceptions, it is reafonable to fuppofe that the animal part of man alone, without the affiftance of the intelligent or rational, mufi be fo likewife. It is therefore probable that the human will, agreeable to the notes or ideas impreifed on the memory, plays upon the fibres, the fimple tones of articulation which in their paffage, with refpiration, thro' the lungs, fiomach, windpipe, larynx, and mouth, are by the glotis, tongue, lips, mufcles, and other organical powers, which afl'ume literal figures, modulated into articulate founds, both fimple and compound, agreeable to the nature of things and their ideas, as imprell'ed in the human fenfory. And as man is furnilhed with ideas chiefly by the means of f peceh, the tree of know ledge of good and evil feems to be no improper metaphor of the human voice or per/571, or the Dryades and Hamadryades, nor the tree of life, of man's intuitive {late of knowledge and virtue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.