Show tIN 1 I I 1 Iery no then thet tIm the enthusiasts for or a II language longua e are hopeful of having found Just what they have been looking for only to tJ be he doomed to 10 the dis disappointment appointment wIle not long lOll ago AIO the thc rage rn r Then Ido Itlo and later latar Universal lint But the thc father of ot title this latest claimant to universality II lit has hns Just Jut Justat at Itt an nn International conference suggest suggested t tId ed Id that French be bl adopted as the th In International medium of or communication of or thought The why wh French Is suggested are ure several herman IH Is too difficult ever to become universal anti and the same eaRle thing must be TO said Id about English Furthermore politics end and nd Jealousy and apprehension a will stand In III the tho wy way of ot otO German O end nd English the Tulou and anti being too powerful and even Iwen now France Is III no longer dangerous while her lion Is I high and splendid The ThA French la is easier ealer than shy any other natural that has hall any ny chance of or universal adoption That Is Ia tho the argument argument ment meat The Tho reason ren on why hy no artificial language can nn ev ever r universal Is language Is 11 11 a t living organism ai as n It were while th hf t artificial lingo Is s at nL best beat 6 B a dead Ve We e do doto too to 10 0 n of ot marble no rio tW admirably sculptured IU as we do to tn a II friend of or flesh Und and blood Arti Artl Artificial tIdal may be bo beautiful and we vo nay may admire the workmanship but thoy hu can never take 11 the tho place of or real ral flow lIow eye ers ra It Is I the tho things that live IIvo and prow grow that we love and for tor that very reason renson an artificial language can cn become no nor than n II curiosity Hut tho the world Is getting together Somo SOnIC clay dllY vc wo will have an International International laws and courts and uund H it world union Then a n al language will bo be a II necessity Ami nil naturally the country countr with the tho greatest Influence upon the worlds affairs affaire Atral will supply the thc language In the meantime two or three living languages ought to be studied In every school schoot throughout the civilized world Th The foundation could roul 1 be laid In tho the higher grades In the common schools The first principles of ot English I German ind French for tor Instance In tance could be 1101 taught aught nil all over Orr the tho world In the th grade and further advancement could the be made In tho the High schools chool Till would enable most of ot the people In Inho Inthe Inthe the ho world to converse with the rest of ot It and enjoy the company of or each other Most children under proper tuition would In a comparatively short hort i time learn enough of or a R foreign lan Ian language I guage KU IO to use lIpe It for tor conversational pur purPoses i Poses When hen the question Is l not of or I mastering all the Intricacies of or gram grammar grammar grammar mar etymology anti and the voluminous literature the task tank Is I not very hard And nd this title Is i about the th only road rood to a universal language |