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Excerpt from A Grammar of the Turkish Language
Of all the people who have issued from Central Asia, the Turks are perhaps the most interesting. They present to us materials for the study of the human race. Emerging from a primitive state of society, we view them passing through the various gradations which mark the progressive advancement of manldnd, until arriving at the highest degree of civilization that the Asiatic race has ever attained. While the accomplished Osmanlis are making rapid strides towards rivalling the most learned and polished of the European States, their wandering brethren in the farthest North, whose language is the only proof of their relationship, are plunged in the depths of primitive ignorance and barbarism; and these form the two extremities of that extended chain of society and civiliza tion, of which the connecting links are regularly formed by the various inter mediate nations of Turkish origin. The Scythians ''of antiquity, the Tartars and Turks of later ages, they have in?uenced the destinies of half the globe. Overturning empires, founding kingdoms, they possessed themselves of some of the fairest regions of the earth. Bending beneath the rushing tide of conquest, the Empire of China laid its tribute at their feet. Italy, Germany, France, and all the countries of Northern Europe, felt their power. The thrones of Persia, India, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, were theirs. The dominion Of the Khalifs was crushed beneath their feet; and the ruins of the Eastern Empire formed the foundation of a powerful kingdom, which all the united strength of Christendom could not subvert, and which still maintains a great political consequence in the eyes of Modern Europe. But.the possession of those arts which do not elevate the man above the brute creation would entitle them to little Of our attention. The beasts of the desert might equally have effected the destruction of mankind: and it is only when we view them cultivating the arts of peace, encouraging and pro teeting literature, and making advances in science and learning, that we discover an object worthy of our contemplation.
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Of all the people who have issued from Central Asia, the Turks are perhaps the most interesting. They present to us materials for the study of the human race. Emerging from a primitive state of society, we view them passing through the various gradations which mark the progressive advancement of manldnd, until arriving at the highest degree of civilization that the Asiatic race has ever attained. While the accomplished Osmanlis are making rapid strides towards rivalling the most learned and polished of the European States, their wandering brethren in the farthest North, whose language is the only proof of their relationship, are plunged in the depths of primitive ignorance and barbarism; and these form the two extremities of that extended chain of society and civiliza tion, of which the connecting links are regularly formed by the various inter mediate nations of Turkish origin. The Scythians ''of antiquity, the Tartars and Turks of later ages, they have in?uenced the destinies of half the globe. Overturning empires, founding kingdoms, they possessed themselves of some of the fairest regions of the earth. Bending beneath the rushing tide of conquest, the Empire of China laid its tribute at their feet. Italy, Germany, France, and all the countries of Northern Europe, felt their power. The thrones of Persia, India, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, were theirs. The dominion Of the Khalifs was crushed beneath their feet; and the ruins of the Eastern Empire formed the foundation of a powerful kingdom, which all the united strength of Christendom could not subvert, and which still maintains a great political consequence in the eyes of Modern Europe. But.the possession of those arts which do not elevate the man above the brute creation would entitle them to little Of our attention. The beasts of the desert might equally have effected the destruction of mankind: and it is only when we view them cultivating the arts of peace, encouraging and pro teeting literature, and making advances in science and learning, that we discover an object worthy of our contemplation.
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This 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.
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