The simplification of English spelling : specially adapted for the rising generation : an easy way of saving time in writing, printing, and reading / by George Harley.

  • Harley, George, 1829-1896.
Date:
1877
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Credit: The simplification of English spelling : specially adapted for the rising generation : an easy way of saving time in writing, printing, and reading / by George Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    halves, and allow no oral communication to take place between them, even though living under the same roof, in the course of a single generation there would already be observable a distinct dialectic difference in the members of the two sections of the family. Before laying down the pen we would venture to remark that it ought to be im- possible for any educated human mind, emancipated from the thraldom of prejudice, to regard otherwise than with pleasure a pro- position which has for its object the facilitat- ing the acquisition of knowledge, either by simplifying the means of its acquirement, or by removing obstacles from the paths of its transmission from one individual to another, through the intervention of apparatus, experi- ment, books, or lectures. A man, therefore, who exerts Ins abilities to simplifying our means of transmitting thought, even should his efforts prove unavailing, should at least enjoy the privilege of obtaining an impartial hearing. Every educated English- man owes a deep debt of gratitude to our American collaborator, Noah Webster, for the strenuous efforts he made to shorten, and to simplify, our imperfect language ; and it is much to be deplored that his endeavours met