A PLEA FOR "VOLAPUK"
Nothing Is oasler (any. the " Printers' Register ") than to make merry at the expense of the apostle* of " Volapok," one of the proposed universal languages ; hut the fact Is that at tha International Hygienic Congress jaat concluded at "Vienna, nothing has been more strikingly rxamplified than the pressing need of scmo each ooramon universally kaown /eblo'e of thought. Babel itself was not more afflicted with a diversity of tongues than were the 2500 member* of that oongress, assembled for the purpose of hearing each other's views In relat on to sanifary.scienoe. One discussion between a French and a German professor on the subjaot of the dangers lntklng In drinking water, was finally brought to a stand from he sheer inability of the learned disputants to make their meaning intelligible either to each other or to their andienoe.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1751, 27 January 1888, Page 3
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141A PLEA FOR "VOLAPUK" Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1751, 27 January 1888, Page 3
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