Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-29

obtained frons Il N The Eastxr of hrev-
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sav q worfs There ar~ mary writ
Tags thai exert IN simplicity and
stFeHxsh, hut AFTER an sxtsad.sd re
seareh throagh tae l;;srat ara q several
naodsrn Iassguagvs. decikied 9, @ioP,
tas kihie - nay guiie.
The doesur here took up copy q the
New Testament. alad. oreaing Il AZ the
ninth ehspter 81 Marthew b<gaa
coantins the woniS
.'Now. In tkis chapter" he con
tinsied, there are al . rCugk cslunt
eight handred and tnensy-Gve wsris.
Was ever an eqszally. graphs story told
b any otLer. writer Va tsslr times thai
uamb~s Of wordss I think not
ITO give yvn en- ia~a Of The extent to
which ! carry the principle If word
economy in coaEpolangue can prtsluce
the same story ia that language with
lsss than six hundred and atty words.
Including repetitions. of course, ar
with Que hundred and eighty-six sep
arate words ~ you sec have many
words the better OF such an epie1am-
matte and venerable condenser as ~.
Matthew. How do I accomplish it9
All. YOU have not given the subject
sufficient study 90 understand that 70
would not satisfy you u ! told you
that dozens Of words are left out
entireiy rs being unnecessary. Bat
IL would not take you long 10 un-
derstand II; about . weeks study
..~....fl -.
grammar and dictionary combined.
with the aid Of which think the aver
age adult win be able 10 master the
principles of Coemolangue la a week.
The acquisition OF the vocabulary de.
Ponds Of course on the quality OF the
students memory.
"volapuk contains sounds which
only very small portion of humanity
can produce. 1hcre is not n single
sound ia Cosnolangue that does not
come naturally toevery human tongue.
young or old. Cosmolangue Is the only
language Ia the world constructed ac-
cording IN unvarying rulesi There il
not single exception TO any of its
grammatical rules. Cosnolanguc has
a written form with which every civil
lied people Is already familiar-.thc
music score. No one would have To
grapple with the scquircment OF
strange text in learning this language
IL would bc familiar alike To- the Eng
lish. the German, the Russian, tbs
Greek, the Arabian and Chinese. A
great advantage Is the rapidity with
which il can be written With little
practice the words OF the average
taIker can be taken down In Cos
molanrsae as fast as they are uttered.
For rapid writing there Is modified
form. which dispcnses with the
qnavers. the words of more than Ole
syllable having the PARTICLES joined by
waving line drawn over the dot4on
and between the lines
Not the least of Cosmolangue's Ia
vantages is its principle Of word econ
omy. or the pruning ont Of every word
not absolutely essential TO ciearness.
When perfected think IL will enable
one to talk well on any subject with
vocabulary of less than a thousand
words The simplicity Of it's grammar
Is another feature in which II i superb
or To volapnk. Its scheme of verb con-
jugation can be learned In fifteen min
utes, and the rest OF the grammar in an
hour. Volapuk grammar Is rs difficult
as the German or Latin. The rule for
Cosmolangue pronunciation has no ex-
ceptionS There are only seven sounds
In the entire language and they are al
ways the same"
DAVID HEcHsLER