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contents of this journal. In conformity with our plan, it 

 should not at first contain any original articles, for the 

 international language is not intended to replace the natural 

 ones, but only to act as an intermediary between them. 

 Besides, the journal must not contain any insignificant or 

 uninteresting articles if it is to attract and interest readers. 

 But eminent authors, even if they could command the 

 international language, would not publish important original 

 articles in a journal which naturally at first would not have 

 any very great circulation. 



The journal must therefore contain chiefly translations of 

 interesting articles from all branches of science and from all 

 languages, and also extracts from the more important literary 

 productions. The editorial committee of this journal should 

 be independent of the Language Academy, but nevertheless 

 in close contact with it, in order, on the one hand, to 

 guarantee the correctness of the language by means of the 

 Academy, and, on the other hand, to help the latter by acting 

 as its scientific adviser. The gradual dissemination of this 

 periodical would have the effect that a considerable number 

 of scientific men, especially those of the younger generation, 

 would be induced to read and understand the international 

 language without any expenditure of trouble injurious to 

 their professional work. 



II. Writing. From reading a comparatively easy step 

 leads to writing. The number of scientific men would soon 

 increase who could either write directly in the international 

 language, or, at all events, translate a paper written in a 

 natural language into the international language. Owing to 

 the gradually increasing dissemination of the international 

 Review, a first-hand publication of such papers in the Review 

 would soon be very much in the interest of the authors, 

 as the acceptance of their papers would itself be a mark of 

 honour, whilst the rapid distribution amongst all nations 

 would be likewise advantageous. 



