The International Scientific Language.
Abstract
Chicago, Dec. 23, 1895.
To the Editor:
—I was very much pleased with your article in the last number of the Journal on "The International Scientific Language," and I think that in the main I agree with you. But I feel sure that you did not lay sufficient stress upon the unfortunate fact that the ability to speak French is quite a different thing from the translating knowledge. The former is rarely acquired after a certain age and almost...