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Show great many of them never learn to speak 'English correctlj-j to say nothing' of foreign tongues.; : Then a good many are in the condition of the devil when j he went to Wales to learn' the language, and after j six months of faithful study he could speak only three words and they were'euss words. . ... By the way, how is it that the first Vords of a language learned by' anybody are the cuss words T It seems to be inherent. , It attaches, even to the Indian tribes, because it is common to see an, Indian1 who can hardly speak a word of English butl who has the whole vocabulary, of .profane words.- Is it due to the perplexity of learning a new language, or to the disgust one feels at the slow progress he is making to acquire the language? What is really needed is a universal tongue for the whole. world, and to have all people forbidden to learn any other tongue, except a few clerks, just enough to keep records of the outside world. UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. Now there comes a complaint that even edu-' edu-' rated Americans make but a poor stagger at talking talk-ing the different languages of Europe. , We do not believe that is a point well taken. i'is a rule Americans are not good linguists. A |