Show THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE reason why it is IB tiie the universal s at tongue everywhere in ie the united states father chiniquy says the children of french canadians as soon as they acquire ta the he english language at school give gie up the use of french except to speak to their mothers by this process the french must rapidly disappear it is the same here A little girl came to rue me this morning he was stay staying ingin in montreal sent by a parent who had beard roe me preach and had promised to come and see me she spoke p to me in e in english tor for some time and when I 1 said aid to her mais ne parler francais Franc absT she replied 0 mo mon dieu est ce que je parle anglaia anglais Ang lais theres a reason for this I 1 the old frenchman continued 1 I recently read an article in a moga magazine about english Eu glish the universal language but the writer did not know the true reason I 1 am in the midst of it and I 1 kno know w it is because they can express themselves with greater ease in in english than thai I 1 in F rench french and M 31 chiniquy went on to make the startling avowal says the contemporary review Ie view when I 1 write a book and I 1 have written many I 1 write it in english and then translate trans a te it into trench I 1 find it more easy to do it in that way your expressions are more direct your syntax more simple and the sounds of your language are more forcible listen and springing to his feet the old annn shouted fire there is is some sound he added what can wa say in french ri feu euIt it is lost you ran can say heady again in a sonorous shout with us it is s pret there theres s no sound all aill aboard I 1 I 1 with us it is but you nn not hear it at ten feet yes s sar r the english is bound to become the universal languages language |