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...universal language, "Volapuk," has already found a rival in a language equally new, and prospectively universal, called "Pasilingua." Its inventor (who is a German) has recognized that no existing language could serve the purpose of universality, and has accordingly devised a new tongue which shall suit the mouths of all men English is acknowledged to be the dominant principle; but how far its modification is necessary may be seen from the following verse of St. Matthew, ii, 3: Et quando ils partitefer schire, to angelo deode apparifer Fosephobi in una trauma, sagano: Arisire, takare ton jungon childon et tom matren...
...ready style and ample vocabulary from constant application of the familiar, "What does the author attempt? Is the attempt worth while? Is the attempt successful?" These three phrases stand like ghouls at the mental feast of every wretched sophomore, and, with cruel knives carve his repast into morsels to suit themselves...
Each carves-or hacks to suit his taste...
Senator Edmunds sailed for England Saturday, in order to testify before a committee of the House of Lords in a suit affecting one of the oldest peerages of England...
...these latter is equipped for any district in the country, since physiology and the principles of common law are always the same. In journalism every locality demands different work. The requirements as well as the taste of the public must be understood and satisfied. The journalistic knowledge which would suit Boston; for example, would be altogether unsuitable for Minnesota. The two essential characteristics of a journalist in any place are the faculty of "knowing what you don't know," and the faculty of knowing what person to interview for news, this latter being largely a matter of intuition. In almost...