PROGRESS AND DESTINY

OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

AND

LITERATURE.

BY

JOHN A. WEISSE, M.D.

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"The other nations of Europe may esteem themselves fortunate, that the English have
not made the discovery of the suitableness of their language for universal adoption."

-DR. K. M. RAPP'S "Physiologie der Sprache." Vol. III. p. 157.

NEW YORK:

J. W. BOUTON, 706 BROADWAY.

1879.