Download or read book Say Now Shibboleth (Classic Reprint) written by Eugene Manlove Rhodes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Say Now Shibboleth While yet a small boy I was persuaded to earnest and painstaking study of language by hearing a report of a memorable examination. Some of you may have seen it: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites; and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay: Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan. They were purists, I take it. Forty-and-two thousand failed to pass. The Gileadites were a strong and vigorous stock. Their spiritual descendants still keep sleepless watch at the passes of Jordan. True, they do not now hold to the strict letter of the olden penalty for lingual error, but they observe the spirit of it. It is still so. There will be need now for care to avoid mis construction of the few and heartfelt ensuing remarks. Take the Shortened Italian a for example - our old friend For my single self, I like that sound. One of my earliest ambi tions was to have graven upon my tombstone this epitaph: Pass, traveler, nor ask who lies beneath the grass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.