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TO THE PItECEDING EDITlOI'S. ix
The Author has to acknowledge the receipt
of a communication in which the writer
" observes, " that deriving the English word
, enthusiasm' tj'om 8EG" God, ~yjll very much
limit the sense of the word, and in some degree
oppose the rules of orthography. An
enthusiast is not only a zealot in reHgion,
but- he may be 0l1e in love, ambition, glory,
honour, or study, about whatever scheme his
ardent mind is employed, whatever business
or mode of life he pursues, in war, or peace,
in virtue or vice. Deriving it from 8""
naturally confines the sense of the 1vord to
religion alone; hut if we derive it from 'Ju.',
(el'veo, it will bear all the senses I have above
pointed out, and it will also remedy the perverseness
of the sentence."
If further consideration be given to the
subject, the writer 0,£ the above remark will
find that many words deviate considerably
pan, " all, universal," eu," good," and mathia, "know..
ledge."
"PAIDO·PHILEAN System of Education, or a System
which is the friend qf children," For" notice 01' a
work under this title, see page 112.