This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...of Tutonish, the proposals of M. Elias Molee from his standpoint as a believer in Esperanto. M. Couturat considers that the project of Mr. Molee does not fall within the scope of his Commission and feels consequently that he cannot take it into account in the final edition of his History of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...of Tutonish, the proposals of M. Elias Molee from his standpoint as a believer in Esperanto. M. Couturat considers that the project of Mr. Molee does not fall within the scope of his Commission and feels consequently that he cannot take it into account in the final edition of his History of the Universal Language. In fact, M. Couturat wishes to see one single language, while Mr. Molee's scheme is intended for Germanic peoples alone. Mr. Molee would doubtless say that the Romance and Slavic nations might in their turn adopt interRomance and inter-Slavonic languages. But this would make two or three international languages instead of one, which would very much diminish their utility, to such an extent that no one would wish to adopt them. The objection is already made to the partisans of a single international language that this would be one moie language to learn. What then would be said if there were three to be learned? But Mr. Molee doubtless hopes that the pan-Germanic language would in time supplant the others, or even prevent their ever coming into existence And Mr. Molee puts forward in support of this hypothesis, arguments of political and patriotic nature which seem calculated to convince his compatriots, but which for this very reason can only arouse invincible opposition in other nations. He forgets that such considerations, if they prevailed in every country, would make any international language impossible. M. Couturat appeals to the agreement and concurrence of all the peoples of civilised Europe, while Mr.. Molee, as M. Couturat thinks, appeals, on the contrary, to their feelings of rivalry, if not of hostility, and conceives of a linguistic union only between peoples of the same race. M. Couturat believes that Mr. Molee...
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