I can never read nor consult without venerating its writer as something almost more than human, that he, in his old age, should have wasted his time in his explanation of the Russian Calendar, of which, from his want of acquaintance with Slavonic, he knew less than nothing, is a remarkable testimony to the truth of what I have been saying. 32. This may be true, it may be answered: but why inflict Slavonic on your readers? What they want is facts, and not words. I reply that words are often, especially