for myself i would say that more than the interest and uses of the study of welsh as an adminicle of english philology , more than the practical linguist 's desire to acquire a knowledge of welsh for the enlargement of his experience , more even than the interest and worth of the literature , older and newer , that is preserved in it , these two things seem important : welsh is of this soil , this island , the senior language of the men of britain ; and welsh is beautiful .