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Show When men are trying to show me the propriety of using phoenclics to do away with 'he silent letter I ask myelf, how is it that learned and intelligent mm will recommend recom-mend kuch a revolution in literature? litera-ture? Do we not hclieve that the Almighty caused the confusion in the tongue for some nis-j purpsst? Why men should mortal man undertake to tay His hand. If all the world had on language it would look a little ir.oro consistent, consis-tent, But e.ich nation loves its own (onue and what a cause ol trnuhl-s and inconveniences it would create. Tha mere ignorant people think it would be a good thing because they do not see far enough ahe;d to be alarii:j at tha consecpn-n es. I think that the change in the vocal language will make a change in sp lling fast enougn without us pushing it. Let ug go slow. Thousands Thou-sands ot words have become sac; ed aud deirto the nations, and to disturb dis-turb theas would be like disrobing and edifice of its ornaments. It looks little like vandalism. It is true that the English language has many silent letters, but what of the French? Hiving been made from many difierent languages the eng-lish eng-lish is a rich and powerful one. Viewing the grandeur of euch a laHtniage, with its time-honored orthography. I dread tht. very idea of lending any aid to injure such a grand atructure, Danish Englieher, A DAN' Id HM A.N 3 iDJiA. When I was yet young it fe 1 in my lot to la.v my n.-tiv land and come to the United Slates of America. Amer-ica. Ir of course became nect;-.ary for nte to adopt the Ettglith language. lan-guage. I took deliglit in learning it, ai;d who,, I jn tome ,iogIVC llaj mastered it I love J it as much or evn mor than my own One thing which aided n,e in understanding under-standing it w.-.s ihe fact that I was already fatni jilr i c 1 ,1!0,t 3f t))e many Latin and French words" which ht.d b-eii adop'.ed into tht Danish, !se old German and Danish. . I have found there is a pleasure and a guiisfaction in studying and comparing language which is not known to those thai think there is nothing worth their notice outside of their own nationality, |