Now multiply each termination of a family into every preposition, and how prolific does it make each root! But the English language, besides its own prepositions, about twenty in number, which it compounds with English roots, uses those of the Greek for adopted Greek roots, and of the Latin for Latin roots. The English prepositions, with examples of their use, are a, as in a-long, a-board, a-thirst, a-clock; be, as in be-lie; mis, as in mis-hap; these being inseparable. The separable, with examples, are above-cited, after-thought, gain-say, before-hand, fore-thought, behind-hand, by-law, for-give, fro-ward, in-born, on-set, over-go, out-go, thorough-go, under-take, up-lift, with-stand. Now let us see what copiousness this would produce, were it allowed to compound every root and its family with every preposition, where both sense and sound would be in its favor. Try it on an English root, the verb "to place," Anglo Saxon _plæce_,[4] for instance, and the Greek and Latin roots, of kindred meaning, adopted in English, to wit, θεσις and locatio, with their prepositions. mis-place after-place gain-place fore-place hind-place by-place for-place fro-place in-place on-place over-place out-place thorough-place under-place up-place with-place amphi-thesis ana-thesis anti-thesis apo-thesis dia-thesis ek-thesis en-thesis epi-thesis cata-thesis para-thesis peri-thesis pro-thesis pros-thesis syn-thesis hyper-thesis hypo-thesis a-location ab-location abs-location al-location anti-location circum-location cis-location col-location contra-location de-location di-location dis-location e-location ex-location extra-location il-location inter-location intro-location juxta-location ob-location per-location post-location pre-location preter-location pro-location retro-location re-location se-location sub-location super-location trans-location ultra-location Some of these compounds would be new; but all present distinct meanings, and the synonisms of the three languages offer a choice of sounds to express the same meaning; add to this, that in some instances, usage has authorized the compounding an English root with a Latin preposition, as in de-place, dis-place, re-place. This example may suffice to show what the language would become, in strength, beauty, variety, and every circumstance which gives perfection to language, were it permitted freely to draw from all its legitimate sources.