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1821. April 24.

J.B. to Nunez 2

To the ear of him who learns it for the purpose of conversing
in it, it with indeed the most difficult languages. But To him who learns
it for no other purpose than that of reading it, it is by far the
easiest. The cause is that, though a good half of it is derived
from the same sources as those from which the language of its
next neighbours the French, as well as those of the Spaniards,
the Portugueze and the Italians are derived, it has been fortunate
enough to disencumber itself from that so much than useless

load of conjugations and other inflexions with which, by reason
of their descent from the Greek through the Latin, those
several derivative languages, as well as the German and other
children of the Teutonie, and the Russian and other children
of the Sclavonian, stand encumbered.

And now, much valued Disciple, will I put
thy enthusiasm to the test. If, in respect of other considerations
of superior moment, the circumstances in which thou findest
thyself placed (to me they are altogether unknown)
of it, learn English m that can, I say if thou hast not already learnt English language,
learn it. Take any English book in hand, if it be the first that

Identifier: | JB/013/180/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 13.
Date_1	1821-04-24	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	013	Main Headings	rid yourselves of ultramaria
Folio number	180	Info in main headings field	jb to nunez
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c4 / c4 / e4
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	c wilmott 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	andreas louriottis
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public	draft of letter 2770, vol. 10	ID Number	4629
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