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 been brought within reach of anyone who has time and industry to give to the study. The causes of phonetic changes, with their limitless possibilities, now may be known to the student who is not afraid of work.

The laws of analogy, it is true, have given no end of trouble; but even these have been clarified; their changing phenomena have been followed successfully; their reactions have been noted; and their psychologic nature has been established. In addition, the reason why certain words in all languages are virile, while other words are sterile and feeble, is known. The relations between the evolutionary laws and certain results of the laws of analogy have been determined; and it has been shown that they involve some of the broader questions of interpretation.

The virtual pathology of popular etymology has been contrasted with the healthier growths of linguistic science. The principles of agglutination have been compared with those of analogy for purposes of differentiation; and