on the alphabetical principle

[Tom Zurinskas]

http://foolswisdom.com/users/sbett/Webster-Franklikn-Bernard.html

Noah Webster (1789) had proclaimed with fervor and enthusiasm: 'Now is the
time and this is the country in which we may expect success in attempting
changes favorable to language, science and government. Delay in the plan
here proposed may be fatal; under a tranquil general government, the minds
of men may again sink into indolence; a national acquiescence in error will
follow, and posterity be doomed to struggle with difficulties, which time
and accident will perpetually multiply'.

Letters, the most useful invention that ever blessed mankind, lose a part of
their value by no longer being representatives of the sounds originally
annexed to them."  The effect is, "to destroy the benefits of the alphabet."


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.

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