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rules  or  laws  of  any  given  language."  ^  la  tliis  respect,
likewise,  much  may  be  learned  through  the  competent  com-
parison of  a  number  of  selected  idioms.
4.  Comparative  Education. — In  the  field  of  practical
education,  no  method  of  inquiry  has  proved  more  fruitful
of  wise  suggestions  than  the  one  which  is  now  under  con-
sideration. Pedagogy  is  a  Science  ;  and  it  must  needs  be
studied  with  strictest  adherence  to  scientific  procedure,  if
it  is  to  be  advanced  to  its  rightful  and  attainable  standard.
