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...meeting of all men interested in Esperanto, the universal language, on which Professor Ostwald lectured three weeks ago, will be held in the Shepard Room, Phillips Brooks House, this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The object of the meeting is the formation of an Esperanto club. Mr. J.F. Twombly '94, who has studied the language for two years, and has had correspondence with Esperantists in foreign countries, will address the meeting. The matter of communicating with other Esperanto clubs, literature and future meetings, will be discussed this afternoon. All members of the University interested in Esperanto are urged to come...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meeting to Discuss Esperanto at 5 | 11/21/1905 | See Source »

...Esperanto, the best known of the artificial languages, was invented by Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, a Russian. The Esperanto grammar can be learned in less than half an hour, and the vocabulary in a month or six weeks. Anyone reading Esperanto at sight can understand a large proportion of it. The key to the language can be mailed with a letter so that the recipient of the letter may be sure of getting its entire meaning. Over half a million people are now able to speak and write Esperanto. At a recent Congress of "Esperantists," people from 20 different nations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Interesting Lecture on "Esperanto" | 10/31/1905 | See Source »

Professor Ostwald will speak on "Esperanto, an International Language," this afternoon at 5 o'clock, in the large lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Ostwald on "Esperanto" | 10/30/1905 | See Source »

...Esperanto is an artificial language, devised for the convenience of scientific and commercial people. A need for such a language has been felt for many years, and at the time of the Paris Exposition a committee was appointed to investigate the matter. This committee has not finished its investigation, but of the several artificial languages which it has considered. Esperanto seems the most practicable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Ostwald on "Esperanto" | 10/30/1905 | See Source »

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