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The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps no longer exists...
- Sir William Jones, 2 February, 1786, at the Asiatick Society.
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The
Sanscrit
language,
whatever
be
its
antiquity,
is
of
a
wonderful
structure;
more
perfect
than
the
Greek,
more
copious
than
the
Latin,
and
more
exquisitely
refined
than
either,
yet
bearing
to
both
of
them
a
stronger
affinity,
both
in
the
roots
of
verbs
and
in
the
forms
of
grammar,
than
could
possibly
have
been
produced
by
accident;
so
strong
indeed,
that
no
philologer
could
examine
them
all
three,
without
believing
them
to
have
sprung
from
some
common
source,
which,
perhaps
no
longer
exists...
