Excerpt from The Nature and Genius of the German Language Displayed, in a More Extended Review of Its Grammatical Forms Than Is to Be Found in Any Grammar Extant Tm; interest which languages, considered as the emblem, instrument, and standard of civilization, possess in the eyes of the philosophical observer of mankind, is chiefly confined to primitive languages, which are continually drawing upon their own resources for their improvement, without borrowing from other nations any modes of expression, but those which denote objects, habits, and customs, exclusively belonging to those nations. 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.