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Phonography is arail road by reason of i ts expedition ; a railroadDR. RAFFLES.
Since brevity is the soul of wit, and ted iward flourishes, Iwi l l be brief. ” — . SHAKESPEARE .
“ Let the system of written signs be reduced tosponding to that of spoken sound , and there is noshould not be able to keep up with tas he can speak . And this is whatclaims to have analyz ed our language into itsto have invented a mark or character for eachis so brief and simple that the hand can makeas the voice can utter it ; and thus the l abor of writing andof writing materials are reduced many fold .
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J OHN SHOWLER $ERITY was born i n Lancash i re , England , on th e 3 rst of J u ly , 182 2 . He came to the Un i tedStates i n 1853 , and soon settled i n Manchester , N . H . ,
where he res ided for some years . Then ce he removedto Cambridgeport
,Mass , an d l ate r to Lynn , i n wh i ch
c i ty he d i ed on the lo th of Febru ary , 1885 . Mr . $er i tywas wel l - known as an earnest studen t of m any of thegreat problem s of the age , and a somewha t deta i l edrecord of h i s l i fe and labors w i l l be found i n “ InMemori am . J oh n S . $er i ty . Boston , 1885 .
Mr . $er i ty early lea rned Pi tman ’ s Phonography , andused i t to some exten t . He became much i n te rested i nshorth and , stud i ed thorough ly th e pr i nc ip les u nderly i ngthe a r t- sc i ence , and made many experiments w i th a $ i ewto embody i ng h i s theor ie s i n a prac ti ca l system . In1875 he Copyrigh ted a method of h i s own i nven t ion , andi n 1880 publ i shed a fou r - page expos i t ion of h i s systemas afterward s improved and mod ified . Not sat i sfied
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however , wi th his prev iou s efforts Mr . $er i ty con ti n uedh i s exper iments st i l l further , and dev i sed the system setforth i n these pages . The plate s for th i s work wereengraved and a port ion of the manu scr ipt was placed i n
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EDITOR ’S NOTE.
the hands of a p r i n ter i n Lynn , whenwas prevented by th e sudden death of theThe ed i tor ha s fol lowed closely the texas prepared by Mr . $eri ty , and has endeavthe book as pr i n ted con form to the au thor’s wres ect wherever h i s des i re s o r i n ten t ion s
PREFACE .
SHORTHAND wr i ti ng i s a very u sefu l an d importan tinven t ion
,and i n i t s phonet i c characte r i s fa r s im
pler and ea si er to l ea rn than longhand ; and becau se ofi ts s impl ic i ty and u sefu l ness i t certa i n ly ough t to bemore general ly understood and pract i sed t han i t i s a tthe presen t d ay ; for we boast tha t we are l iv i ng inan en l igh tened and progress ive age , — in a n age of freeand untrammel led thought , i n an age of i nven t ion s i nevery departmen t of though t and i ndustry , — in an agewhen everybody wan ts to move rap id ly
,— in an age
of ra i lways , tel egraphs , te lephones , e lectr i c i ty , e tc . Ifth i s be true , we su rely cannot expect th at th e peop lewi l l much longer be sat i sfied w i th wri t i ng by the oldslow and ted iou s method of longh and , when th ere areso many new shorthand systems i n the fi e ld , a ny oneof wh ic h mu st be i nfin i tely qu i cker , ea s i er , and betterthan longhand .
The u sefu l ness and importance of shorthand mustbe apparen t to a l l , for we a l l k now that i t i s bymean s of shorthand tha t we obta i n ver éa tz
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m reportsof lectures , sermons , debates , of tri a l s i n ou r courts ,and speech es i n congresses , senates , and parl i amen ts . I t
PREPACE.
i s a l so u sefu l i n a thou sand lessa re too numerou s to men t ion .
I t i s al so u sefu l a nd important a
cat ion,not merely i n giv i ng m en
col le c t i ng facts and of ga ininbu t i n i ts be ing the equal ofmed i um of menta l and in te lBut the grea t meri t
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of shorthandadaptab i l i ty to enable men to writethey can speak . Th i s i s shorth and ’ sworth , and those who understand it
adm i re i t on th i s account .Th i s bri ngs me more d i rectly to myi s to offer a few words i n explanat i on andmy new system of Phonography .
In the firs t pl ace I w i sh to say tha t myhere i n response to a long - fel t wan t forea s ier to read and wri te than Pi tman ’ snography. But whether my system i s whatrema i n s to be proved . I may be m i stakenmatte r . To err i s human . I know that al
are not necessari ly improvemen ts ; I a l soi s ea sy to be m i staken . I do not cla im that my sys
tem i s perfect . I know i t ha s fau l ts ; yet , comparedw i th some others , i t ce rta i n ly has some dec ided merits .The fol low ing a re the a dvantages wh ich I cl a im formy systemF1
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r st . Those letters wh i c h occu r the most frequentlyhave the best forms for wri t i ng .
P REFA CE.
S econd — A l l double l etters , su ch as Pr , Pl , etc . ,
when wri tten i n th e m idd le of word s , are wr i tten w i ththe a i d of a book at the end of the next preced i ng letter ;or
,i f the hook s at the beginn ing of word s are reta i n ed
and u sed i n the m iddle of word s , T or D i s added to thedouble l etter .s
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r d . Eve ry sy l l able that i s sounded can bewri tten wi thou t tak ing off the pen .
Four t/z , a nd lastbn — A l l th e letters of my alph abetmove on a stra igh t l i n e i n wri t i ng from the left to ther igh t hand ; and the letters a re so formed as to ea s i ly
$oi n or connect wi th eac h other , a s they do i n longhand .
And th i s arrangem en t of ' the le tters of my alphabet i sabou t a l l th e advan tage I c l a i m for my system but th i s ,I fee l confiden t , i s so great an advantage that i t w i l lmake al l th e d ifference between fa i l u re and success tomany studen ts of Phonography . And you will pardonme for cla im i ng th i s a s a marked improvement onPi tman ’ s alph abet .Notwi th stand ing what I h ave $ust sa id abou t i m provi ng on P itm an
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alphabet , I am wel l aware of the fac tth a t n early all of ou r phonograph i c au thors are reproduc ing Pi tman
’ s a lphabe t , and te l l i ng th e publ i c th a t iti s perfec t . I quote the fol low ing extract to that effectfrom “ Munson ’ s D ict ionary of Pract i ca l Phonography .
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He says : “ I t i s a s ingu lar fact that i n the developmentof Phonography , i ts changes and improvements , fanc iedor rea l , from the very start , with a few sl igh t except ion s ,wh ich have not affected the alphabet proper
,with the
PREP/lCE.
except ions of the s ign s for the l etters w,
stenograph i c a lphabe ts of a l l wri ters on
have always been and st i l l a re prec i se lyI saac Pi tman publ i sh ed th i rty - four yea r-sWel l
,readers
,al l I can say i n reply to
i s , tha t after years of though t and isub$ect I cannot agree wi th them . A
stand i ng my d ifference of op in i on on th i sI possess a proper feel i ng of reverencethe au thor i ty of grea t teachers l ike Mr .the or ig i na tor and founder of Phonograp
'hy .
defence I must say that after years of studyPhonography I cou ld not help th i nk ing thatimproved . And , wi th th i s feel i ng andterm ined to try , and , i f poss ibl e , make i t ea s i erPhonography . But , as I h ave previou sly sa id ,I have done so or not rema i n s tobe proved .
I n concl us ion I w i l l say that I h ave been ve rymak ing se lect ion s . I have taken them from al l sou rcestha t seemed to help to i l l ustrate my sub$ec t .As I was unacqua i n ted w i th any shorthand bu t Pi tman ’ s , I have sa i d noth ing abou t them ; yet I wi l l h e resay , from what I have seen of Tachygraphy , tha t I th i nkMr . L i ndsl ey has improved on Pi tman ’ s a lphabet bychanging the letters K and G from the horizon ta l pos it ion and giv i ng tha t easy posi t io n to T and D , s i mplybecau se T and D occur the most frequently i n wr i t i ng .
He has a l so improved on Pi tman i n $o i n i ng the vowels igns to the outl i ne wi thou t tak i ng ofl
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G ENERAL STATEMENT or THE AD
$ANTAG ES OF PHONOG RAPHY.
The u se fu l ness of shorth and , says Dr . J ohn son ,i s not confined to any part i cu lar sc i ence or profess ion ,
but i s u n iversa l .Phonography
,or phoneti c shorthand , i s a ph ilo
Soph ica l system of rap id wr i t i ng , wh i ch , from employingthe s implest geometr i ca l s ign s for the represen tation ofth e sou nds rather than the letters of the Engl i sh language
,comb ines the greatest speed and the most perfect
leg ibi l i ty w i th the n ice st represen tat ion of the sou ndsof speech . For th ese reason s i t ha s en t i re ly ou tstr ipped every other system of shorthand , be i ng praetised and read by so many person s , i n al l profess ion s ,i n England and Ameri ca tha t i t b i d s fa i r to becomegenera l i n a very few years .Upon each i nd iv idu al who learn s i t , Phonographyconfers , doubtless , some advantage pecu l i arly adaptedto h i s i nd iv idu a l c i rcum stance s . Upon the reporter i tconfers th e power of tak i ng the exact words of aspeaker , even at the rate of 200 or 250 words per m i nu te .
I t enables th e studen t of a fore ign language to v i sua l i z e,
i ts pronunc iat i on , - to pu t down on paper,as i t were
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the vorce of h i s teacher . Topubl i c speaker i t i s of i nest ii ts tu rn i ng h i s a ttent ion to
phe rs are sa id to pronounce the Ethan any other cla s s of person s .i s of pecu l i a r value , as i t enables hw i th h i s powers of compos i t i on , andof the manua l labor requ i red i n thelonghand . I t i s exceed ingly se rvi n tak ing notes of test i mony , dec i s ion s , acou rt , and i n rough - sketch i ng busin essmen ts , etc . The pri nc ipal of a commmen t may conduct the largestfract io n of th e ti me ord i na ri ly requ i red ,much time and energy for o ther impoby d i ctat i ng h i s l etters , even w i th thespeech , to a competen t phonographer ,a fterward wri te them ou t and prepare themM in i sters who u se Phonograp hy cla im th
read i t bette r than longhand , and w i th more of the freedo m of extemporaneous del i very . A u thors whose “ l i vi ng flock s of though ts trudge i t s lowly and weari ly downthe pen and a long the paper , h i nder i ng each other asthey struggle th rough the stra i t gate of th e old handwri t i ng , ” — whose “ k i nd and lov i ng thoughts , warmand tran sparen t , l i qu id , a s mel ted from th e hot heart , ”
now “ grow opaque , and freeze w i th a ted ious dr ibbl i ngfrom the pen , cannot fa i l to du ly apprec ia te Phonography, wh ich enables them to wri te at “ breathing
AD $ANTA GES OF PHONOGRAPHY
ease . The.
t i me i s not d i stan t when every au thor thatcan afford i t w i l l employ h i s phonograph i c amanuens i sand talk
,i n stead of wr i t i ng , to the world . The Rev .
Dr . Rafiies , of L ive rpool , says : “ Phonography i s ara i l road method of commun i cat i ng though t ; a ra i l roadby rea son of i ts exped i t ion ; a ra i l road by rea son s ofi ts ea se .
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It i s h ard ly necessary to speak of the pecu l ia r advan
tages s i nce the bare ment ion of the name of shorthandi s suffic ient to suggest many even i n add i t io n to thosegenera l benefits wh ic h i t bestows upon a l l , i n correspondence , i n wri t i ng l i terary compos i t ion s , i n keepi ng ad i ary , i n book - keep ing , i n copy i ng lette rs , i n mak ingmemoranda , in sketch ing l ectu res and sermon s
,i n
mak ing abstracts of and quotat ion s from book s read .
For these and al l other pu rposes for wh ich wri t i ng i sava i lable
,i t requ i res bu t a ti the of the t i me , l abor , and
space n eeded i n the u se of longhand .— P /zonog r ap/zy
a nd its Uses , 1857 .
DI RECTIONS FOR L
Fir st . Be su re to spel l accord i ng toaccord i ng to Engl i sh o rthography .
S econd . Letters are connected togetherh and to form words
,wi th the except ion of
i n the method of spel l i ng .
Tfiz’
rd . Commi t to memory th e l etters ofbet , the doubl e le tters , and the word - s ign s .Four tfi. When you have done th i s thorobeg i n and wri te and rewri te them , u nti l you ca nthem correctly and read them read i ly . Whenhave done th i s you are phonographers , and you canbegi n an d wri te what you please .Fgf tb .
—Punctuate as i n longhand , wi th the excepti onof the dash , wh ich may be wri tte n by a perpend i cu larl i ne .
ON OUR STYLES OFWR I T ING .
We have two methods of wr i t i n\g : we cal l them the
corre spond i ng and the report i ng sty les .The first i s the correspond ing style . I t cons i sts i nwri t i ng every sound th at i s spoken , and wri t i ng eachword separa te and d i st i nct from every other .The second I call my reporti ng s tyle . I t difiers fromthe other on ly i n wri t i ng two , th ree , fou r , or more wordstogeth er , wi thou t tak i ng o tT th e pen ; th i s method ofwri t ing i s ca l led ph raseography , or ph rase - wri t i ng , anexample of wh ich m ay be seen on the t i tle - page of th i svol ume .I quote the fol low ing from Isaac Pi tman on ph rasewr it i ng . In h i s Phonography Adapted to $erbat imRepo rt i ng , ” page 8 , Mr . Pitman says : “ The whol esecre t of report ing may be sa i d to con s i st i n two words
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pract i ce and the u se of ph ra seography . The studen tm ust h im sel f give the first requ i s i te , and we have h erefu rn i shed the most effic i en t help tb r the second .
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One word on how to know wh ich word s to connec ttogether , and then be able to read th em afterwards . One
ru l e I h ave found i s to selec t word - s ign s ; you wi l l findth em at the bottom of the page of double letters . I t i ssa i d that one hundred of such words occupy abou t oneh al f of any d i scou rse .
SOM E PECULIAR I T I ES OFOIJ
Fi rst , we have th ree s i z es of l ettersshort , the med ium , a nd the long letters .The length s of the le tters are nearlyshort le tters are a l i ttle over 313 of an idium le tters are $as
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of an i nch long ; and theare
156of an i nch long .
SHUN .
A hook at the end of med ium and long - s i zedshun , except a t the end and on the upper s idez ontal l ette rs . Then i t i s T or D .
T OR D .
T or D i s added to words by connecti ng theletters Kt, Ft, Rt, L t , Nt, Mt , etc . , i n stead of shorten i ngthe letters , a s i n Pi tman ’s sy stem .
INITIAL AND F1NAL $OWELS .
In wri t i ng words begi nn i ng or end i ng w i th vowel s ,the vowe l i s expressed by a l i ttle short stroke
,to be w ri t
ten l igh t for A or E, and heavy for O or AU,and pl aced
at a conven i e nt angle from the con sonants .
SOM E OFTHE I RREGULAR IT I ES IN
OUR SYSTEM .
The word and and the word “ th e have twosigns each .
The letter A i n the m iddle of some words standsfor T .
The word - s ign “ we , i n the m iddle of word s , i ssh ,” and at the end of words i ng .
Kr and K1 Pr and PI, are wri tte n i n th e med i umposi t i on , becau se i t i s eas ier to wr i te med i um - s i z ed th anlong- s i zed le tters .
OUR DOUBLE - LETTER
We only u se h al f th e number of thes ign s tha t Phonography , or wri t i ngrequ i res . We do this by mak ing onetwo sou nds , a s i n th e fol lowi ng doublewri te the same s ign for Pr and B r — PI
and Dr — TIand DI, e tc .
We do th i s for'
th e fol lowing rea son sFz
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rst. Becau se of th e sca rc ity of formsdouble l etters .S econd . Becau se after tr i a l i t seems easy
read words wri tten i n th i s way .
Tbir a’.—Because we are assu red by even such“
au thori ty as A . J . G raham , i n h i s Handbook ofard
,or Ame r i ca n Phonography , on page 38 ,
such i s the s im i l ari ty between the sou nds represenl igh t and h eavy l i ne s
,th at
,i f the s ign s of
sou nds were to be in terchanged by acc i den t , bu t l i ttled ifficu l ty would be exper i enced i n arr iv i ng at the wordi n tended to be wri tten .
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THE AD$ANTAG ES OFOUR SYSTEM .
The advan tages of ou r system are as fol lows
Fir st .—Those letters tha t occu r the most frequently
h ave the easie st ‘ form s for wri t ing .
Second .— A l l doubl e lette rs , such as Pr , Pl, etc . ,
used i n the m iddle of words , a re wr i tten w i th the a id ofa hook at the end of the next preced ing letter , th u s
PROPER 9—1 .BAKER
A book a t th e begi nn ing of letters wri t ten i n th em iddle of words adds T or D to the letterTfiz
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r d .—Every syl lab le tha t i s sounded can be wri t
ten w i thou t tak ing o ff the pen .
Faur ib .— A l l th e letters of my a lph abet move on a
stra igh t l i ne from the left to the r igh t hand , and areso formed as to ea s i ly$oi n or connect w i th each other ,as they do i n longh and .
DECLARATION OF I
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connected them ' wi th another,
among the powers of th e earth,
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decen t respect op i n ions
mank i nd requ i res they shou ld
the cau ses wh i ch i mpe l then) to the
NOTE .
S i nce tak i ng my Phonography tosevere cri t i c i sm i n the NovemberShortha nd Wri ter and Takigra
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ent - s i z ed letters i n the phonograph i ctha t that cr i t i c i sm condemns my a$I wou ld try and offe r a word or two i nIn the first place I w i l l adm i t th a t tos i z e of lette rs i s the best plan . But le t mi t wou ld be still better to have on lybecau se i t i s h a rder to wri te heavy chao nes . To th i s i t will be repl i ed that that i scable . Wel l , I say the same th ing
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i n regardon ly one si z e of good le tters . A good manyPi tman establ i sh ed the pract ice of wri t ing th reeshorthand characte rs . He had the shor t s i ze forw e
,and the long s i ze for father , mother , ra ther , etc .
Let me say for mysel f, th at , after years of tri a l an d ex
perim ent, I have found that the smal l - s i ze characte rs arevery qu ick ly wri tten . And I cal l th em good , a lmost a sgood as the med i um s i zed letters . Bu t wi th rega rd tothe long - s i zed letters
,I can on ly say tha t I desp i se them ,
i t takes so long to wr i te them . I have on ly got oneletter that i s frequently u sed i n the long posi t ion ; thati s the letter K .
E$TRACTS .
THE new system of phonet i c shorthand , wh ich wehave part ia l ly developed i n the fol lowing pages , i s theresu l t of a protrac ted effort to conform the system ofM r . I saac Pi tman to the beau ty of i ts theory. A fewperson s of pecu l i a r gen i u s have maste red that system ,
and fou nd i ts u se of great serv i ce i n all the i r l i terarypursu i ts . But , wh i le a few were abl e to reli eve themse lves of th e i n tol erable d rudge ry of w r i t i ng by i t smean s , hundred s we can say i n tru th , thou san dswere str iv i ng i n va i n to make the old system pract i ca l lyu seful to them . We speak what we know . N i neteentwen t i eth s of a l l th e phonographers we have ever seenare of that number ; and we are most con stan tly i nrece ipt of letters from al l pa rts of th e cou ntry , fromMa ine to Cal i forn i a , tes t i fy i ng w i th emphas i s to theimpracticab i l i ty of Phonography , and express i ng anearnest h ope that some system may be found that canbe appl i ed to the common u ses of wri t i ng .
I n mak ing th e letters of our longhand alphabet wemake from th ree to seven movements of the pen foreach
,— ou an average , fou r . Abou t one letter i n five
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i s s i len t i n ou r commonshorth and we make one s implesound ; th i s save s three - fourth ss i l en t letters ; th is gives u s as ide s , th e d i stance passed overi n shorthan d . We wri te th i sfou r t imes as fast as longhand ; bu tn i ne - ten th s of the labor o f ‘wri t i ng .
person can wri te more than three'
tim
th an one - th i rd the fat igue . Thoughless t han that of ou r bri efercan be a tta i n ed by the s imple styl egreater than has been atta i ned i n themost system s of shorthand — D . P . L
Com pendium of Ta c/zyg r ap/zy,1864.
Robert Rea l , i n th e Rapi d Wri te r , saysth ree cen tu ri es of exper iment i n shorthand wriI saac Pi tman , an Engl i shman , i nven tedWe propose to show that a l though th
superi or to preced i ng system s a s to superthat i t i s , for a l l ord i nary purpose s , a tota l fa i l u re . A nd,
secondly , tha t s i nce th a t ha s proved a fa i l u re a l l systemsof shorthand must . ”
We shou ld muc h ra ther accept th e fol lowi ng by Dr .Moat , who inven ted a system of shorthand i n 1833 , as a,true prophecy of futu re even ts : There i s no doubt tha tth i s sc i ence ( shorthand wri t i ng) wi l l a rr ive at a muchh igher degree of pe rfect i on and we may be assu red thatsome fu tu re au thor w i l l be crowned w i th that success
E$TRACTS .
wh ich w i l l en t i tle h i m to the dese rved appel lat ion ofun iversal stenograph i st , whose work shal l be reduced toth at elegant s impl i c i ty wh ic h must character i z e i tsworth , and secu re i ts genera l adopti on and l ast i ngestabl i shmen t . When such a system sha l l appear i t w i l lbe the n at ion ’ s honor (as i t mu st be i ts pride) wh ichgave i t b i rth
,to foste r i t w i th parenta l care , and make i t
genera l ly u sefu l by i ntroduc i ng i t as a necessary branchof modern educat ion .
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In early l ife Charles D icken s set h im sel f to the ta sk oflea rn i ng shorthand i n order that h e m igh t more read i lyobta i n a pos i t ion i n a newspaper office . He was se l ftaught i n th e art of shorthand . He says , I bough t animproved scheme of the noble a rt and mystery of stenography, and pl unged i nto a sea of perplex i ty thatbrought me i n a few week s to the confines of d i stracti on .
The changes tha t were rung upon dots , wh ich i n one pos it ion meant such a th i ng , and i n another someth i ng el seen ti rely d ifferen t ; the wonderfu l vagar ie s th at wereplayed by c i rc les ; the unaccountable con sequences thatresu l ted from mark s l ike fiy
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s - l egs ; the tremendou seffects of a cu rve i n the wrong place , not on ly troubledmy wak ing hou rs , bu t reappeared before me i n my sleep .
When I had groped my way bl i nd ly through'
the se d iffi
cultie s , and had mastered the alphabet , wh i ch was anEgypti an temple i n i tself, th ere then appeared a proce ss ion of new horrors , ca l led arb i trary charac ters , — themost despot i c characters I have ever known
,— who
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i n s i sted , for i n stance , tha t a th i ng l ike thea cobweb meant expe ctat ion ; th at arocket stood for d i sadvantageous .the se wretches i n m y m i nd , I foundeveryth i ng el se ou t of i t . Then begi nthem wh i le I was p i ck i ng them up Ifragments of the system . In short , i t wasbreak i ng .
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But the tr i umph came , and i n due t imefound h im se lf w i th a note - book i n handful l of penc i l s , a s the represen tat ive of athe True Sun .
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I t has been dete rm ined th at abou t twoEngl i sh speech i s made up of s imple andwords , su ch a s i t , to , of, for , i s , we , wi th ,etc . , wh i ch may be abbrev i ated i n the same mannerwe abbrev iate common names or t i tle s : G en . forG eneral , Col . for Colonel , Capt . for Capta i n , G eo . forG eorge , J as . for J ames , e tc . , wh ich abbrev ia t i on s are a sread i ly u nderstood a s though the fu l l words werewri tten . B rowne
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in the o ffice of the Librarian of Cong re ss , at Was h ing ton .
Phonography i s a Ra i l road m e thod of commun icat i ng though t , byreason of i ts ex ped i t i on and i ts ease .
”— DR . RAFFLES .
S i nce brev i ty i s the soul of wi t , a nd ted iou sne s s the li mbs and
ou tward flou ri she s , Iwi l l be - SHAKESPEARE.
Let the sys tem of wri tten s ign s be reduced to a bre v i ty , corre spond i ngto that of spoke n sou nd , and the re i s n o reason why the hand shou l d not
be able to keep up wi th the vo ice , a nd a man wri te as fas t a s he can speak .
A nd th i s i s what Phonography c l a im s to do . It c l a im s to have ana lyz edou r l a nguage into
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its e leme n tary sou nds , a nd to have i n ven ted a mark orcharacte r for each sou nd . The characte r i s so b rie f an d s imp le , tha t the
hand can make i t a s eas i ly and rap id ly as the vo ice ca n u tte r i t ; an d thu sthe l abor of wri t i ng , an d the ex pe n se of wri t i ng mater ia l s , a re reducedmany fo ld .
” —HORACE M ANN .
W Spe ll word s accord i ng to sou nd , an d not accord i ng toEng lish orthography .
LONG -HAND a
“In the let te rs of ou r Long- hand Alphabe t
moveme n ts of the pen for each le
letter i n five i s s i lent i n ou r common
In Short - hand we make one s imple s troke
saves th ree - fourth s of the l abor .
We om i t a l l s i len t l e tters : th i s g i ves u s a
d i s tance passed over by the pen i s vas tly les s by
s ty le i s th ree or fou r t ime s a s fas t as Long- ban
n i ne - te n th s of the l abor of wr i t i ng .— D . P . L1ND SLEY ,
THE AD $AN TA GES OF SHOR T- HAND .
It i s ha rd ly nece s sa ry to speak of the pecu l ia r advantage s of
The bare men t io n of the n ame i s suflicient to s ugge s t man
add i t ion to those general benefits wh ich i t be stows upon a ll. In correspon
de nce , i n l i te rary compos i t i on , i n keep i ng a d ia ry, .
in book - keep ing ,
i n copyi ng le tte rs , i n mak i ng memoranda , in ske tch i ng lectu res and
sermon s , i n mak i ng abstracts of a nd $uotat ion s from books read
the se and a l l othe r.
pu rpose s fo r wh ich wri t i ng i s ava i lab le , i t re$u ire s
bu t a t i the of the t ime , l abor a nd space needed i n the use of Long- hand .
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Fr om P /z onog rap/zy a nd its Uses .
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The above doub le lette rs are to be wri tten on ly at theword s . The same doub le le tte rs a re made i n the m idd le
of words , n ot by the a id of a hook at the begi n n i ng of the Ie
the a id of a h ook at the end of the nex t p reced ing lette r ,
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lion , a t the end of words , i s wri tte n as i n the ex amplei n n at ion s .
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happy day $ I l ong to see
na tion s wri te Phonography .