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Show Simplicity of Speech. Whether or not tho traveler Is right who contends that DO words are enough for a trian's practical needs, his theory of an abridged tocabulnry for everyday uso Is In lino with the tendency of speech In this country. Wo nro simpllfjlng tho languago to tho extent of preferring tho simpler forms of expression, both In our wrl ting and our speaking. It Is purifjlng our Bpeech nnd Improving our diction. Tho master of slmplo English, who can write or speak In terms of tho most commonplaco languago, is tho most effective. Even eloquence may be well defined as simplicity A great New York minister has recently re-cently published a series of discourses In book form nnd ono may read half way through tho volumo beforo be comes upon n word that is not common com-mon to tho simplest speech. Yot the book in Its diction is powerful. There Is such a thing as working for tho language, lan-guage, nnd such a thing as letting the langungc work for you. The master of English does tho lattor. |