_have loved_; and so
on, through every mood and tense. Then conjugate it in the second pers.
sing, with the pronoun _thou_ before it, through all the moods and
tenses; thus, Indic. mood, pres. tense, second pers. sing, thou
_lovest_; imperf. tense, thou _lovedst_; and so on, through the whole.
After that, conjugate it in the third pers. sing, with _he_ before it;
and then in the first pers. plural, with _we_ before it, in like manner
through all the moods and tenses. Although this mode of procedure may,
at first, appear to be laborious, yet, as it is necessary, I trust you
will not hesitate to adopt it. My confidence in your perseverance,
induces me to recommend any course which I know will tend to facilitate
your progress.

When you shall have complied with my requisition, you may conjugate the
following verbs in the same manner; which will enable you, hereafter, to
tell the mood and tense of any verb without hesitation: _walk, hate,
smile, rule, conquer, reduce, relate, melt, shun, fail_.

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PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.

The changes in the termination of words, in all languages, have been
formed by the _coalescence_ of words of appropriate meaning. This
subject was approached on page 49. It is again taken up for the
purpose of showing, that the moods and tenses, as well as the number
and person, of English verbs, do not solely depend on inflection.

The coalescing syllables which form the number and person of the
Hebrew verb, are still considered pronouns; and, by those who have
investigated the subject, it is conceded, that the same plan has
been adopted in the formation of the Latin and Greek verbs, as in
the Hebrew. Some languages have carried this process to a very great
extent. Ours is remarkable for the small number of its inflections.
But they who reject the passive verb, and those moods and tenses
which are formed by employing what are called "auxiliary verbs,"
_because they are formed of two or more verbs_, do not appear to
reason soundly. It is inconsistent to admit, that walk-_eth_, and
walk-_ed_, are tenses, because each is but one word, and to reject
_have_ walked, and _will_ walk, as tenses, because each is composed
of two words. _Eth_, as previously shown, is a contraction of
_doeth_, or _haveth_, and _ed_, of _dede, dodo, doed_, or _did_;
and, therefore, walk-_eth_; i.e. walk-_doe