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so unsuitable, illogical, capricious, and complicated that the 

 student must learn to steer clear of thousands of difficulties 

 before he is able to express himself fairly correctly. It is 

 possible to construct an artificial language with such a regular 

 structure that it can be employed at once without making 

 mistakes. 



In accordance with these ideas, the programme of the 

 Delegation was as follows : 



" (1) It is desirable that an international auxiliary language 

 should be introduced which, though not intended to replace 

 the natural languages in the internal life of nations, should 

 be adapted to written and oral intercourse between persons 

 of different mother-tongues. 



" (2) Such an international language must, in order to fulfil 

 its object, satisfy the following conditions : 



" (a) It must be capable of serving the needs of science 

 as well as those of daily life, commerce, and general 

 intercourse. 



" (b) It must be capable of being easily learnt by all 



persons of average elementary education, especially 



those belonging to the civilised nations of Europe. 



" (c) It must not be any one of the living national 



languages. 



" (3) The decision as to the choice of a language is to be 

 referred in the first place to the International Association of 

 Academies, but if the latter should refuse to consider the 

 matter or come to no decision, to the committee of the 

 Delegation. 



" (4) Circulars are to be sent to learned, commercial, and 

 legal societies requesting them to signify their approval of 

 the above programme." 



The success of this appeal was extraordinary. It was 

 now evident for the first time how many thousands of 

 people of all nations were enthusiastically in favour of the 

 introduction of an international auxiliary language. The 



