Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-08-14 | Page 3 | A Universal Language

A Universal language ot philologists will soon as A wi congress i semblein Vienna persuade the world The I to adopt a universal language t aopt U means novel In the scheme is by no novel Toulousian monk a thirteenth century To I named Roger worked very hard to convince con-vince his contemporaries that it would be hiscontmpraries I to the advantage of humanity i a tongue I I of his own invention were generally I spoken But his mongrel jargon was I i more wordy than French and nearly I I twice as diffuse as Greek and although several books of reform wrote i I the apostle aposte record there is no in the new language recor Sat anTone himself ever knew that any one save himsl theytreated of The Vienna i exactly what they of exacty to foist Rogers sys will not try ess congress wi nations but it is just j possible i tern upon natons universal bKa it will recommend for univeral ble that I wi artificial language called adoptioe an artfcial kj j Volapuk which is said to have 1 been Wurtemburg deviseSbyan enthusiastic devised by an I j I clergyman