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quested the Echo, a journal published in Hamburg, to 

 select an article from its columns. This he translated 

 into Volapiik, and sent the translation to a Volapiikist 

 in each of sixteen countries, and each made a translation 

 into his own language. Each of these translations, 

 without its Volapiik equivalent, was then sent to a 

 native of the country in whose language it was written, 

 and was rendered by him into Volapiik. These sixteen 

 Volapiik translations were then compared by Dr. Boger 

 with his own Volapiik rendering and were found to be 

 almost identical with it, in no instance showing the 

 slightest difference in sense. It is doubtful if such a 

 test with any other language would show a similar 

 result. 



There remains one thought to be presented, a thought 

 that was prominent in the mind of the inventor of Vola- 

 piik, and which those who have the fraternity of mankin d 

 at heart, never place in the background when discussing 

 Volapiik. If it is time that English unites the English, 

 German the Germans, and each language those who use 

 that language, the legitimate influence of Volapiik is to 

 bind all the nations together in common brotherhood ; 

 and already that influence has been felt in significant 

 measure in the international correspondence which, as a 

 means of practice of the language, has been availed of, 

 with the result of bringing into amicable association 

 millions of people of every race and clime. 



FEBRUARY 9, 1892— SIXTH REGULAR MEETING. 



Present Chairman Burgess ; Members Elsworth, Cooley, 

 Reynolds, Sutcliffe, Winne, R. E. Taylor, Warring, 

 Dwight, Van Gieson, Herrick, Ward, Bolton, C. N. 

 Arnold and a large number of visitors. 



Mr. John Sutcliffe presented an interesting paper on 

 " Mining", as follows : 



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