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The following essay *\a? read l>\ |
Mr W B lirockiiiton, one of tin- j'
tntmLrj tli.< arm! nal iii'f Plnss. at I
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the recent commencement of the
graded school. The .subject is,
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"A Universal Lax?ca?e." (
Each veai has i's difficulties, its
barriers, its hindrances to progress;
and as the mind, the most wonder,
ful and complicated piece of machinery
known, is put t? work to j
Stamp out these barriers, we have a.?>
a result, an invention, a discovery, as
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the case may be. And when tinmost
learned men of the age have
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solved tliese perplexing problems we ^
pass out from that century and remark
what great progress has been
made and how fast we are reaching
that,
' One far-off divine event, t
To which the whole creation moves: "
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Now, without a single, solitary s
doubt, the greatest barrier to the i
progress of mankind in this, the s
twentieth century, is the need of a 1
universal language. r
TLe purely practical aim of such e
a language is to make people who r
speak different tongues understand
each other.
To any thoughtful student of af- s
fairs, it is perfectly clear that as ihe 1
years go by, all the nations of the t
eirth must inevitably become more e
Hud more closely liuktd together in a
all their interests through some one t
language, which is sooner or later t
destined to encircle the globe. p
As the adoption of the one language
by the nations of the world t
is the solution of this problem, the f
question naturally arises: F
Why does not one of the already p
existing lauguages become universal?
Logically the two great classi- e
cal tongues, Latin and Greek,would v
come up first for consideration. e
For many reasons, however, they o
are impossible. These languages )'
are so exceedingly difficult, and they ii
are so little calculated to fit the 8'
needs of the common walks ot life,
I that serious iuvestigators have long b
since abaudoued this idfca. d
Of the four modern languages: i'
English, French, German and Ital- "
ian, the first two only ha^e ever been w
able to entertain any hope of be- &
coming international.
With regard to our own well-be- f
loved mother tongue, we are told on a
every hand that English is rapidly s
becoming the world-language. For ^
this destiny it is somewhat peculiar- s
Jy fitted by its cosmopilitan vocabu- v
lary and its grammatic simplicity.
* JdUUtril XiUgllOll, 19, UO "Villi Duun, -
a magnificent composite, possessing g
the richest, most varied, most ex- ii
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prefcsive vocabulary imaginable. It a
is the full heir of the polished class- n
ical tongues, and certainly offers us t
a wealth of words without compari- n
Bon among the civilized tongues of
to-day. It is much more easily o
learned than any highly inflected d
language can be and it has the im- e
inense advantage over any -invented e
language of being the organ of a a
noble literature and of a civilization g
already very widely diffused in all
parts of the globe. f
What, then, are the predominat- f
jng factors which operate to hinder t
and check the spread ot Hingnsn r c
First and foremost, our absurd, im- f
possible, and chaotic spelling, which c
makes it a puzzle "to the stranger 1
within our gates and a mystery to j
the stranger beyond the seas." By t
language students, of course, the ev- r
olntion of our spelling may be clear- c
ly traced; but to the plain, practi- a
cal man of other nations, nothing
seems more grotesque, more lawless, t
more incompehensible than our s
spelling, with its glaringly incon* t
sistent pronunciation. a
Besides, it would be undesirable c
for the English language, or any (
other living tongue, to become uni- {
versal, as to do so would be to give
that nation the greatest possible I
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advantage u\er all others in tratio
antl business: its books, magazines,
and periodicals would lie read everywhere
on the face of the globe,
which would give an undue intluence
on the thought and civilizu'ion
of the world at large, for then she;
would he ruler over all others and
in time would engulf them all.
TIip 11?v> u hen rmintries swallow -
?d each other up havo passed, apparently
never to return again, and
the hope of the English nation or
my ether nation,to force its respect
ive tongue upon all the world is already
not onl?v egotistical and unjust,
hut also (piite impossible of:
fulfillment. *
As French is a living tongue, it
**ouId thus be kept from becoming,
miyersal.
There remains only one solution
>t the problem: For international
ise some artificial language must be !
ielected that by its complete neu .
irality w.ll offeroffei.ee to no nation i
md that by virtue of its extraorditarv
ease, its great flexibility and ji
ichness will be easily learned and i
.'xceediugly useful to persons of all
lations. 1
Is such a world-language possible? 1
A universal language, in the
ense that it is to replace all others <
sa ' Utopian dream;" but if it is
0 be learned, in connection wun 1
ach nation's own language, only as I
1 single auxiliary medium of com- 1
unication with all the people of '
he earth, theu its future is quite 1
>ossible. '
During the last twenty-five years (
here have been two such languages 1
ormluated by European scholars and 1
iresented to the world for its ap- (
iroval and criticism. (*
The first, Volapuk. was invent-:'
d in 1879, by J A1 Schlever; but it j
ras very unfavorably received and 1
tided in a dismal failure. The sec- '
nd, Esperanto, was projected eight 1
ears later by Dr L Zamenhof, ami j
I bids fair to do much towards the I:i
olution of this problem. 'c
The claims of Esperanto have,1
een indorsed by some of the most fc
istmguished men ct eveiy nation; *
ts movement is being discussed in ! ^
iany countries; and the advances!1
rhich it has already made are an f
ssuratice of its ultimate success.
It is impossible to predict the 1
uture of such a stupendous project,,1
project which has so much at
take,for humanity, but let us see *
fliat would be some of the results ! [
hould such a tongue become uni- I
ersal. J
First. Unrestricted trade and s
ommerce would then encircle the 1
lobe, without hindrance, distribut- *
ng the arts, implements, comforts, 1
ud other blessings of the civilized,
iiaoufactunng countries among all ?
he uncivilized regions of the earth, *
iow deprived of these comforts. 1
Second. In the unrestricted spread
f knowledge all the inventions, {
liscoveries, ideas, and uplifting lit- |
rature of the most advanced think- '
rs could rapidly permeate, enlighten,
nd uplift the population of the
;lobe. 1
This is the practical side, but aside
rom this there is a far more im- ^
/Ortant aspect?the ideal. While
nost people will doubtless use it be- j
ause of it8 practical utility, the aim (
or which a universal language was .
reated is the ideal, namely, to unite
lumanity more clo3ely. It is not a '
>atented commercial commodity. It
>elongs to no one nation, to no busiiess
association. The brotherhood '
?f man is the prime object for which
i universal language was projected.
Nearly two thousand years ago
he first words that were uttered to
innouuce the birth of the Savior of
nankind were those of the angelic
in them containing a proclamation
>f peace to the world: "Glory be to
}od on high and on earth
leace, good will towards men."
While the chief mission of the
savior of mankind was peace, yet
ii*- came abo\e all "lo iui-ak liuttl)
flu- miihile wall of partition" fh.t .
ilivitliil nation from n.-i::o i a <1
alienate.] trihe from trihe an I people
from people ami to tnakt* them
ali one family, a?knowlc*luiiiLr the
fatherhood of *?nd ami the brother
llDOll of lllitt).
Wo, who are of this twentieth)
century, must believe that ?roui-1
nieiveand industry will end the foliv '
ami barbarism of war ami in? 11 will i
see that to hire themselves out to ki I,
one another is a crime to common
humanity And although the past
history lias been nothing save a
record of war, vet the history of genI
erations ye*, unborn shall he songs of j
peace. On the surface of the deep |
shall sail vessels of commerce instead j
of schooners of war; across our great j
continent shall march a mighty host*
of men, sweeping to one central goal
as many streams flow on the sea. j
They will come from a dis anee, from j
land to land, from sea to sea, *'1111111 i
all men shall speak the same Ian-1
giiage and think the same thoughts, "j
Today, then, we as a nation, can
boast that this problem of the brotherhood
of man has been solved.
Universal peace has received its
first definite impetus in the Hague
conference, an assembly to decide
upon all matters of dispute of all
uations, yet this all important question
can never be decided in this
way. Its only solutiou lies in that
given by the great Russian writer,
Tolstoi, who said in substance: "A
universal language is the one and
only solution for advancing throng1 out
the kingdom of Him1 whost* birth
was announced in these words: IVace
on earth, good will to men.' "
Now, let us ask ourselves the ques
tion : ?\ hat causes the jealousies,
prejudices, national hatreds, and
wars which have existed for all times
oetweeu nation and nation ? All the
world's wars are waged not against
:eiritories (for no nation wishes to
lestroy or carry off any particular
siece of ground) but are they not
vaged because on this or that piece
)f ground some one nation wishes to
rorce its language, manners and ctisoms?
It is an established fact that the
mitual hatreds of mankind arc en- j
rendered by the fact that they do
lot understand one another.
If we shall accept this theory to
iccount for war, then the one prime ,
ibstacle to that clear and perfect un- j
ierstanding among human minds
verywhere over the broad earth lies <
n their inability fully to comprelend,
because of this diversity of
cngues, one another's thoughts and
jur poses. j
It is a self-evident fact that if all
nen ever speak the same interna
i?nal language, readily understand
ach other, share a common literaure
and work out common ideals,
he result will b^ that friendship and
leace will forever reign supreme.
?or as soon as it has sufficiently !
ipread over the entire world, then
nen will see the full abomination of
rorcing their language and customs |
ipon other people.
Then the horrible strife which we (
see among the different nationalities,
luch as Russia, Austria, etCi, and
.vhich perhaps every nation of any
aote has been at sometime or other
Migaged in, will be forever blotted
jut, and the greatest mission of the
Savior of mankind will be fulfilled?
Peace.
And, lastly, in the rapid spread of
the Christian religion, and its ultimate
conquest of the world, a universal
language would enable the
books, magazines, papers, arguments
mid appeals, which issue from L-hristian
minds and civilized countries, to
overwhelm the decadent systems of
idolatry and paganism. "With the disappearance
of heathen languages and
the growing brotherhood of man
brought about by a universal language,
the last barrier to the spread
of Christianity would be removed."
However Utopian such a project,
may appear to the present generation,
and however abortive may have
been the former endeavors of Bishop
Wilkins and others to realize it, its
accomplishment is surely not beset
with greater difficulties than have
impeded the progress to many other
beneficial objects, which iu former
times appeared to be no less vision[Continued
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