Ralph Dumain: The Autodidact Project. Ralph Dumain: "The Autodidact Project": Isidore Harris: ‘"Esperanto and Its Originator: How a Jew Came to Create a "Universal Language"’ By Isidore Harris FOR the past fifteen years rumors have been heard of a new language that had come into some use as a medium of international communication.
In some quarters it was asserted that the universal tongue had been originated in the interests of peace, so that the nations of the world might be drawn closer together, for it is a recognized fact that there is no such abiding cause of prejudice among nations as their inability to make themselves understood by one another.
But others asserted that it had no necessary connection with the cause for which those are striving who would make an end of all war. It had simply been devised as a social convenience, and to facilitate commerce between people of different nationalities. Ralph Dumain: "The Autodidact Project": Translation: "Vincent" by Sandor Szathmari (1) By Sándor Szathmári translated from Esperanto by Ralph Dumain Dorothy, the old maid, holding the lamp with her right hand, led the ten-year-old Vincent, whose hand held in turn that of his younger brother, while they tiptoed through the dark corridor to the nursery.
"Well, you must go to bed now, young men," she said with her usual singsong voice. Ralph Dumain: "The Autodidact Project": Study Guides: Esperanto. Multilingual Information Center: English (angla)