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So Far As The Advocates Of A Constructed International Language Are Concerned, It Is Rather To Be Wondered At How Much In Common Their Proposals Actually Have, Both In Vocabulary And In General Spirit Of Procedure.

Language Is The Most Massive And Inclusive Art We Know, A Mountainous And Anonymous Work Of Unconscious Generations.

The Spirit Of Logical Analysis Should In Practice Blend With The Practical Pressure For The Adoption Of Some Form Of International Language, But It Should Not Allow Itself To Be Stampeded By It.

No Important National Language, At Least In The Occidental World, Has Complete Regularity Of Grammatical Structure, Nor Is There A Single Logical Category Which Is Adequately And Consistently Handled In Terms Of Linguistic Symbolism.

English, Once Accepted As An International Language, Is No More Secure Than French Has Proved To Be As The One And Only Accepted Language Of Diplomacy Or As Latin Has Proved To Be As The International Language Of Science.