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Show I FTJTTJEE WOBLD LANGUAGE. ' What will be the world language of the future? . : That it will be' English is the prediction predic-tion of many scholarly observers. The probabilities are that it will partake of the best features of all modern tongues. It is a safe proposition to assume that the race which dominates the commerce of the world will Impress its language upon the warld. ! The- English-speaking people are today to-day the leaders in world activity. ' As a result the English language Is spoken by more people today than is any other civilized tongue. . , ! The recent action of Germany In giving giv-ing the English language preference above all other foreign tongues is formal for-mal recognition of the fact and not the mere arbitrary expression of a choice. : The strong point is made, however, that America more than England is responsible re-sponsible for the change. Two-thirds of the people who speak English live on this side of the Atlantic, Atlan-tic, and their Industrial and commercial commer-cial conquests are making the tongue familiar in every quarter of the habitable habit-able globe. i French is still regarded as the diplomatic diplo-matic and "polite" - language of the world, but English, as expanded and rejuvenated by American transplantation, transplanta-tion, is becoming the universal business tongue. ! The world language of the future, therefore, is that which America will speak and teach." New York- World. |