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    betereesayitbeautifullyandothersdo

    not,andtheyorebeautifullythanotherssurvive.

    thelyriakesitpossibleforustardliteratureasa

    refleanssoul,andtardanationsliteratureastherefleans

    spiritinthatnation.foriflifeybeparedtecity,ansay

    beregardedasthehecity.inreadinga

    nshisgarretainaviewof

    lifeastheountainpeaksliningthehorizon,

    andthealleye,butthatgarretviewof

    thecityisindividualistidpeculiarlyhisoionsliteraturewe

    arethereforebuttryingtogetagliseoflifeasthebestndsofthatnatio

    andastheyexpressitthroughtheiroediu

    ii.languageandthought

    theaediuortheeselanguage,haslargely

    deterhepeentofeseliterature.byparisonhthe

    europeanlanguagesitispossibletotracehouchofthepeculiaritiesofese

    thoughtandliteratureareduesilytotheirpossessionofasocallednosyllabic

    language.thefactthattheesespokeinsyllableslikegyg>gwas

    appallinginnsequeerhecharacterofthe

    eseing,andthecharacteroftheeseingbroughtaboutthentinuity

    oftheliteraryheritageandthereforeeveninflueheisfese

    thought.itentofaliterarylanguagequite

    distinadeleaingdifficultand

    eddirectly

    iofcertainpeculiaritiesofeseliterarystyle.

    everynationhasdevelopedaostsuitabletoitslanguage.europedidnot

    developaingonpictorialprinciplesbecausethephoicstructureof

    indogernicparativeprofusionofnsonantsand

    infinitelyvariablebinations,requiredananalyticalphabet,ahe

    representationofthese

    ofideographsuldbeusedalone,andithecaseofese,

    hepictorialprinciplebythephoiciplebeforeit

    uldhaveanyiortantdevelopnt.theseelentarypictographshenused

    inbinationspurelyfortheirphoicvalue,andactuallyhsoftheover

    fortythousandcharactersinesediariesarebuiltontheprincipleofphoic

    bination,haboutthirteenhundredideographsasphois.ha

    nosyllabiguage,suchastheese,fourhundred

    syllabiationsnotuntioneslikeg9g,g,thisuld

    suffice.butaniguagetheiionofanebolfor

    everynebinationlikeschladkraftingernor

    scratched,scraped,splashandscalpelinenglishpossible

    task.theeselanguagefailedtodevelopaphoicscriptintheesense

    bebolsuldsuffice.hadtheese

    beed.ngalanguageanschladkraftorthe

    englishscratchedandscalpel,theyy,ieda

    phoicscriptlongago.

    theperfectadjustonosyllabiguageaen

    charactersbeeasilydeplain.thelanguageischaracterizedbyagreatscarcity

    ofsyllabisandnsequentlyagreatnuerofhonyorhe

    sasound.thesoundpaooveradozenthings:”apackage”tocarry

    ”ach,””abubble,”etcethepictorialprincipleitedin

    applicationtohingsoras,andplicated,theinalspurelyphoicvalueand

    ”borroesound.happehenhat

    thereoreorlessfixedinthe

    handynasty,berofsuch”bdifferent

    things.yforcedtheesetoaddasigncalled”radical”toindicatethe

    classofideashisparticulareoreferto.

    theuseofphoicsyolstooexadhencehefollowing

    odeese,alltenh

    theinal”package”signgj,buteachtakingaclasssignorradical,as

    thuspaoplusa”hand”radieanstorun,plus

    ”eansagoeansach,plus”er”

    ansabubble,plus”fire”ansfirecrackers,plusa”fish”ansthenaofafish,

    plus”flesh”anstheb,plus”stone”ansaouth”ansto

    roar,plus”grass”ansafloeanshail,plusa”knife”ansto

    sofhony.

    butsupposetheprobleny,supposetheeselanguagehad

    heenglishscraped,scratched,andscalpel,orsupposetheenglishpeople

    startedouthabasicphoicpictureforscap,theyed

    equallybyytodistinguishbethesoundscapeandscape,orbetween

    scapeandscrape,orbetd

    theresultuldnothavebeenanythingexceptanalphabethsignstodenotes,r,

    edt},p,ch,etc.hadtheesedohistheytoo,and

    nsequentlyhavehadareeracy.

    given,therefore,thenosyllabiccharacteroftheeselanguage,itost

    iablethatpictorialcharactersalonehasprofoundlyged

    thecharacterandpositionofleaingina.bytheirverynaturetheese

    charactersare

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