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Page 5 - Thus I spoke; and speaking sigh'd; — Scarce repress'd the starting tear; — When the smiling sage reply'd — — Come, my lad, and drink some beer.
Page 15 - In short, whatever the difficulties and inconveniences now are, they will be more easily surmounted now, than hereafter; and some time or other it must be done, or our writing will become the same with the Chinese, as to the difficulty of learning and using it.
Page 7 - ... as a deliverer who wil rescue it, and, at the sacrifice of present inconvenience, giv future ease to all English-speaking people til the end of time. Francis J. Child, Ph. D., LHD, Professor of Rhetoric and History in Harvard University. One of the most useful things just now is to break down the respect which a great, foolish public has for the establisht spelling.
Page 4 - opposit," " preterit," "hypocrit," '* requisit," etc. When the preceding vowel is long, as in ** polite," " finite," " unite," etc., retain present forms unchanged. We simply wish to do our duty in aiding to simplify and rationalize our universal instrument — language.
Page 4 - Thus spel demagog, pedagog, epilog, synagog, etc. Change tongue for tung. "When the preceding vowel is long, as in prorogue, vogue, disembogue, rogue, retain final letters as at present. (2) Drop final e in such words as definite, infinite, favorite, where the preceding vowel is short.