One common language will probably be forced upon mankind whether we like it or not. Previously, a community of fine minds created a new dialect. Now it is necessity that will compel us to adopt a universal language. I quite agree. The time for five-mile dialects is fast vanishing.
Rapid communication makes for a common language.
Yet, this common language would probably not exclude national languages. There is again the curious fact that just now, along with the growing unities of the human mind, the development of national self-consciousness is leading to the formation or rather the revival of national languages everywhere. I wonder if that is the case now. There seems to be much more repercussion in the other direction. Today we are elaborating and perfecting physical methods of transmitting words.