thn it follows as a necessary corollary tht grammar must h few n simple rules, for otherwise thr cannot b e required frequency v association between e given rule n idea, in order t obtain e highest degree v ease n rapidity in e suggestive action.
let us take an example, suppose thr were ten different rules n many exceptions v forming e past participle, it is evident tht each rule cd not be repeated in consciousness so often, as if e ten rules were merged into one rule wth no exceptions. wht men speak often they speak easily n rapidly. if all past participles were formed only by aadding e musical semi-vowel, continuous sonant n international suffix en, n no other inflection allowed, thn "en" wd become so frequent as soon t b regarded as e natural past participle builder, as given, taken, seen, loven, worken, comen, proven, helpen, nsf.
e simpler n fewer e rules are, e oftener wl e words b seen under e same appearance, n hence, so much more readily recognized, t increase e suggestive action. e proper function v language, as our readers know, is t impart ideas n feelings easily. language cannot do ths wth e greatest mental economy n strength in a suggestive action unless e laws v psychology are obeyed, as concentrated in "e four fundamental principles" before given thr is no such good language in e world now; hence we must agree upon one e best we cn. hurrah for e language reunification v e teutonic race!
it wd b fortunate if e english, german, scandinavian, n dutch-speaking people, including e belgians, who speak mostly dutch, cd form a language union with austria n switzerland. it wd bind all those people into e strongest "entente cordiale," n b a great convenince t other nations.
all our languages are t old, a need repairing, like an old venerable abbey.
if e teutons united on one language, they wd h e power t make it international in science, commerce, travel n diplomacy, nay, even e continental teutons alone cd make it international, because so easy for all foreign people t learn.
"alteutonik" s based largely on e german vocabulary for 3 reasons: namely. 1) the german language s e most homogeneous, transparent n self-explaining of all e great languages; 2) german stands nearer our sister tongues, e scandinavian n dutch tongues, than english wth its mixed latin n greek vocabulary, n un-"fonetik" spelling; 3) e german people are e most spread out over e world of all peoples. e english, french, spanieh n russians h hd their own colonies to concentrate upon, while e germans h hd t go t foreign countries. e germans being so widely scattered n so far advanced in culture n so great language
