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CONTENTS
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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

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
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