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not usually felt in the results of the fursing

to all other longues.

process common to at

But

important do I regard it that

a student should husband the freshences

of

his ear, and other facilties engaged

in acquiring any spreken dialect of China; that I am steadily opposed to labour

the character, in excess upon

of what I have just indicated, until he shall be

qualified bona fide to converse, not only

with his teacher, but with.

any

marr

spreaking the dialect he has been studying, with toberable charmness. His teacher will then become his Qutionary,

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knowledge

and his progress im of written Chinese will be rafind

I have therefore takin

taken on

to

to

commend

errand Atress"? Smith and Founseling

give up the character altogether, except.

in so

ве

of

far

as exammation of it shall

of

diretly subsidiary to the attainment them first grunt object ving the speaking and wanderstanding of the Kunden dialect. They have a Vocabulary and Phrase Book, out of which

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cod

the contents

arranged categorically. they our constunt phrases ad infinitum. and this, I suggested should be their business with their Teachers ab home. I also cantioned their teachers against the

too

common

jiir

of such

against the interest

persons

of those they profess to tince the neglect to

correct their mistakes in juomuuation

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