Be they _atoms_ of _ponderable matter_ or _molecules_ of _ether_, the _properties_ we _conceive_ them to _possess_ are nothing else than these _perceptible properties idealised_." In this case, out of 122 words we find no less than 46 are of foreign origin.

Though this large proportion sufficiently shows the amount of our indebtedness to the classical languages for our abstract or specialised scientific terms, the absolutely indisputable nature of the English substratum remains clearly evident.

The tongue which we use to-day is enriched by valuable loan words from many separate sources; but it is still as it has always been, English and nothing else.

It is the self-same speech with the tongue of the Sleswick pirates and the West Saxon over-lords..