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many of the words which have a military
signification are different in the different
languages.
Here lies, perhaps, the germ of a future
progressive growth which will rise higher
heavenward than the tower of Babel.
I believe, for my part, that the English
language, both on the ground of its
cosmopolitan character and of its great expansion,
is already on the path of transition into a
universal common language. According to
Mulhall, it has spread since 1801, 310 per cent.,
whilst German has increased 70, and French
36 per cent. A hundred years ago, Gladstone
says, the English tongue was spoken by fifteen
millions; it is now spoken by 150 millions;
and according to the computation of Barham
Zincke, in another hundred it will be spoken
by at least 1,000 millions.
The computation is probably correct; and
then not only in America, but in every part of
our globe, the remembrance will be treasured
of the little flock of Puritans who, ere they
landed from their frail Mayflower upon the
desolate rocks of a strange coast, drew up in
that undeveloped language the great social law
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