Bulletin of the American Pharmaceutical Association; The Monthly Publication of the A.PH.A. ... Volume 5-6 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...From complexity to simplicity is the slogan and singularly enough being closer together in this respect, the older the country the more radical; the younger the more conservative. In Latin countries the languages have undergone, the greatest changes. Spain and Italy write Farmacopea. The present German written in Austria is scarcely recognized as the original German and is more advanced than that of the more modern German Empire. The English language is the most conservative of all, although it has undergone great changes since Shakespeare s time. p The Continental countries have an advantage inherent to their political status as distinguished from English-speaking countries, in that the Governments, through their Royal Academies, etc., revise the languages at regular periods and the changes are accepted nolens volens. Contrast this simple process of fiat with the ludicrous attempt recently in this country at correcting the etymological monstrosities of some of the simplest English words, sythesized from a mixture compositum of Roman, Norman, Teuton, Scandinavian, Selt and Welsh, the conglomeratiori called English. Even thestrenuous former Chief Executive met his Waterloo---swift and sure--when he tampered with the sacred linguistic prerogatives of the Government Printing Ofiice. He may successfully traverse the Dark Continent and returnwith trophies of untold victories, attached to his belt, over the ferocious beasts of the Jungle. He may be received as the conquering hero by the crowned heads. of Europe. He may enjoy the plaudits of the universe as the apotheosis of the virility of the 20th Century, but let him lay his vandal hands on the dear old English...