Chapter II: Part I: General

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I. Introductory . . . . . . . . . 1
II. The Question of Principle—Economic Advantage of
an International Language . . . . . . 4
III. The Question of Practice—An International Language
is Possible . . . . . . . . . 8
IV. The Question of Practice (_continued_)—An International
Language is Easy . . . . . . . . 16
V. The Question of Practice (_continued_)—The Introduction
of an International Language would not cause
Dislocation . . . . . . . . . 24
VI. International Action already taken for the Introduction
of an Auxiliary Language . . . . . . 26
VII. Can the International Language be Latin? . . . . 33
VIII. Can the International Language be Greek? . . . . 35
IX. Can the International Language be a Modern
Language? . . . . . . . . . 36
X. Can the Evolution of an International Language be
left to the Process of Natural Selection by Free
Competition? . . . . . . . . . 38
XI. Objections to an International Language on Aesthetic
Grounds . . . . . . . . . . 40
XII. Will an International Language discourage the Study
of Modern Languages, and thus be Detrimental to
Culture?—Parallel with the Question of Compulsory
Greek . . . . . . . . . . 46
XIII. Objection to an International Language on the Ground
that it will soon split up into Dialects . . . 49
XIV. Objection that the Present International Language
(Esperanto) is too Dogmatic, and refuses to
profit by Criticism . . . . . . . 51
XV. Summary of Objections to an International Language . . 53
XVI. The Wider Cosmopolitanism—The Coming of Asia . . . 57
XVII. Importance of an International Language for the Blind . 61
XVIII. Ideal _v._ Practical . . . . . . . . 63
XIX. Literary _v._ Commercial . . . . . . . 65
XX. Is an International Language a Crank's Hobby? . . . 70
XXI. What an International Language is not . . . . 73
XXII. What an International Language is . . . . . 73

PART II

HISTORICAL

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I. Some Existing International Languages already in
Partial Use . . . . . . . . . 74
II. Outline of History of the Idea of a Universal Language—List
of Schemes proposed . . . . . . . . 76
III. The Earliest British Attempt . . . . . . 87
IV. History of Volapük—a Warning . . . . . . 92
V. History of Idiom Neutral . . . . . . . 98
VI. The Newest Languages: a Neo-Latin Group—Gropings
towards a "Pan-European" Amalgamated
Scheme . . . . . . . . . . 103
VII. History of Esperanto . . . . . . . . 105
VIII. Present State of Esperanto: (_a_) General; (_b_) in England 121
IX. Lessons to be drawn from the Foregoing History . . . 131

PART III

THE CLAIMS OF ESPERANTO TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY:
CONSIDERATIONS BASED ON THE STRUCTURE OF
THE LANGUAGE ITSELF

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I. Esperanto is scientifically constructed, and fulfils the
Natural Tendency in Evolution of Language . . . 135
II. Esperanto from an Educational Point of View—It will
aid the learning of other Languages and stimulate
Intelligence . . . . . . . . . 145
III. Comparative Tables illustrating Labour saved in learning
Esperanto as contrasted with other Languages:
(_a_) Word-building; (_b_) Participles and Auxiliaries . 155
IV. How Esperanto can be used as a Code Language to
communicate with Persons who have never learnt it . . 161

PART IV

SPECIMENS OF ESPERANTO, WITH GRAMMAR AND
VOCABULARY

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Note . . . . . . . . . . . 165
I. Pronunciation . . . . . . . . . 166
II. Specimens of Esperanto:
1. Parolado . . . . . . . . . 167
2. La Marbordistoj . . . . . . . . 168
3. Nesaĝa Gento: Alegorio . . . . . . 168
III. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . 189
IV. List of Affixes . . . . . . . . . 191
V. Table of Correlative Words . . . . . . . 193
VI. Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . 194

APPENDIX A

Sample Problems (see Part III., chap, ii.) in Regular Language . 200

APPENDIX B

Esperanto Hymn by Dr. Zamenhof . . . . . . . 202

APPENDIX C

The Letter _c_ in Esperanto . . . . . . . . 204

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