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Dr. C. C. Torrey of Andover, lectured last night in Sever 5, on the Arabic language and literature.
The prophet Mohammed said that he loved Arabic for three reasons; because it was his native tongue, because it is the language in which the Koran is revealed and because it is the language of Paradise.
Arabic was originally the language of a nomadic tribe living in the Arabian peninsula. Our knowledge of it begins at about the sixth century A. D., and at the time of Mohammed and the Koran. Previous to this time it had been confined in the Arabian peninsula and had there...
In the eighth century the Arabians were the most cultured people in the world. This period has set its mark upon our language by the many Arabic words now in our tongue. Arabic is the chief representative of the southern group of the Semitic languages and is the most important...
After describing the nature of the Arabic language and its system, Dr. Torrey went on to give an account of the rise of its poetry. Among the peculiarities of Arabic poetry is a law which requires writers to begin all kinds of poems with praise of his sweetheart. Arabian histories...