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nine hundred and ninety-nine cases all of these particulars 

 would have to be thought of in the selection of the form of 

 the verb, when no valuable purpose would be accomplished 

 thereby. 



In the development of the English, as well as the French 

 and German, linguistic evolution has not been in vain. 



Judged by these criteria, the English stands alone in the 

 highest rank ; but as a written language, in the way in 

 which its alphabet is used, the English has but emerged 

 from a barbaric condition. 



