Modern Irish Grammar (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Modern Irish GrammarIF we wish to preserve our mother tongue, we must write it as it is spoken in the glen and on the hill-side. NO doubt the past of our beautiful language, may be purer and¿greater than the present, but that does not concern us, that is a matter for philologists. We have no time just now for studying its past greatness. We love what remains of it, corrupted, if you like, though it may be. We love it because we lisped it in childhood, we venerate it because it falls from the lips of the old people like a soothing balm, and, as iong as it lasts, we will cling to' it. Anything else is but artificial, and can never have real life as a medium of speech. The revival of the language of our ancestors, in any shape or form, would be 'a noble work, but this must be a secondary consideration. We are at present concerned with the Sweet tongue with which. We ourselves are familiar. We. Must begin here. When we shall have mastered so much, n consider the past of our language.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.