The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-03-15
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men ef4is state
| do no, mean tn say that the mere fact
+ that the word is short makes ii clear. but
its true that most clear worls asg short, tina,
mest long waFd. NC get from otiler tungues
aud The mass Of MEN n. nst knasr just WiI4l
they meat, AMI am not sure tiaat scholars
always get the same ides.s frcm them. 4
word must I've used great deal. as short
| ones are, bei,Se il means the same thing to
ali.
These Ab0 wish to teach or head others
must first learn TO think apd speak in a
clear way. The nse Of Ions words winch
ne GIT frUm other tongues, not only makes
our thoughts AMI our speech dim and hazy.
but 1t has dome sompwhat 10 harua the NOR
ais Of eur people. Crime siametimSs does
not lock ike crime when it 5 SIT i,eGore vs.
IN the many folds of long word, When
man steals. and We call it ~,iefaicstiop," we
arr Al 3 lt.>s to kans lift is blunder or
a crime II b. dos not tell tie truth. and
wc are told ii Is case of "prevaricztisa,
il takes rs soIae time to know Just what we
should think af il. Nh man will ever cheat
himself into xrong doing, nor will he lie a,
less to Judge OF ,ihers, if he thinks and
speaks IF acts in cisar, crisp tcrms.a IS
.,oo,l ruie, and if one is st = loss to know ii
an act is Fight"r arong. to write is dawn in
short straight rs-nat Eag.ish
He Who will tr, to usel siart wolds and
tc shun long onrs viii, in little while, not
oa!y Icarn that he can 10 - wiih easr. lint
thar II Will also make him more ready 10
tile use IT words Of Creek sni Latin origin
when he needs iliem. Irhe trirz-t, write in
waris Of oae syllal,lr, he will Gnd that he
WiIi run ,l,rangl. great many s,,r,ls 10 get
those he needs. They are I.roagi,t 10 his
mind iu i,is search for thosc he wants. 1t
1 : g.,od way 70 learn words u All kinds.
When nisn Is 70 search of one fact, i,e asy
he lead IL look x ali the e.sse,ss he has. and
thus he iads mAny things.
There is ano,l.er -1,in nhen We try to use
only short words. 10 i.ring them ID aud keep
alf sti,erS e,s, se hsvcs great many views
If the topic atou, alfich We write Or speak.
- thi> say We start many ncw thpasl.., and
IDEAS ih.t would nj: tgring rp ~ otaer
mrans. an surr, iftlsis plan Is tiled. men
will I've struck with Tie many phases l,r,,slshI
to their Siew Of things they study, that they
would not see ii they used the Nords in She
usual mele In This way men not only
learn mere aIrout wsrsi<. but. mere zhout the
topics of which they write f.,r they will nat
I've ableA,ocsrry our their plsu without i.,ok-
ing vt Iirir >nljcet es every side.
DIR, johnson loved long words but wilen
he wrote in wrath to Inrl Chesterfield, he
laulc AWAIT fran the fos,1 sn,l clouds amt
raar sC his tsc-ssilsb!e,l terms. aa,l went a,
his l"rdship in way 50 leTse and sharp, thar
sll can sec that he FELT wha, he sad
LpYe, nor b-te. por e.ai. ever waste their
foFce by the use ef Involved OF long wiaaed
phrases Shnrt words are uot vague sounds
which luil ns tlsey Fall npnn The ear They
have clear ring which siiFa our mlnds, or
touches our hearts. They lseat tell as.jay or
grief. of,rags or pesoe, et life ~ death. They
are felt hy al, for their terms mean the same
thing 10 ail naen. We learn them IN ynnti.
they sre On cur hps through all oar days,
and We utter them down 30 the elsase 0f life. /
They are apt terms Nifirti sneak # thinss
tha, arr hisil, ar great or nalfc. They are
the grant words of or tongue they teach |