There is, however, as I have suggested, a certain science or philosophy of language, which has been denominated Universal Grammar; being made up of those points only, in which many or all of the different languages preserved in books, are found to coincide.

All speculative minds are fond of generalization; and, in the vastness of the views which may thus be taken of grammar, such may find an entertainment which they never felt in merely learning to speak and write grammatically.

But the pleasure of such contemplations is not the earliest or the most important fruit of the study.

The first thing is, to know and understand the grammatical construction of our own language.

Many may profit by this acquisition, who extend not their inquiries to the analogies or the idioms of other tongues.
It is true, that every item of grammatical doctrine is the more worthy to be known and regarded, in proportion as it approaches to universality.