A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Sir,—Your correspondent G. F. Seward apparently knows but little of the language he criticises—Esperanto. This language is not a makeshift; it is a complete living language with a literature covering from the classics to the lightest novels, translated from all the main languages, and it has been in use since 1887, Besides the European countries, Esperanto is firmly established also in Russia, China, and Japan. Is Latin? To succeed, an international language must be easy for the man on the street to learn and, in Esperanto, you have what the French Academy of Sciences described as a “masterpiece of logic and simplicity.” It is based on 16 rules with no exceptions or irregular verbs, and the grammar can be learned in an" hour.—Yours,' etc., NELSON HILL, President, Karori Esperanto Society. April 3, 1943. Sir,—G. F. Seward can no doubt give an explanation of his remarks about religious prejudice against Latin, as the universal language. I shall be happy to read it.—Youre, etc., PLAIN LATIN. April 4, 1943.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23914, 5 April 1943, Page 6
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