OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
ESPERANTO ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA
Esperanto is a living language
created for interchange of thought
between people of different national
languages - not to take the place of
their mother tongues.
November - December, 1943
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CONTENTS                                    ,.-''
Frontispiece—Dr. L. L. Zamenhof
To the Majstro______________.........................................................Robert Livingston Davis        114
The Trowel-..........._______..........-.........;-...........................................................-.............George Belford       115
A Choice Inheritance—Excerpts from A SHORT....................................................................-       116
HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE MOVEMENT
The Study of Languages..................._.......................................................................Prof. F. Tomich       117
How to Learn a Language.............................................._......................._............Fenfon Sfancliff       118
A Correction.—..................................._......................................................................Dr. Lehman Wendell        119
Thirty-six YefflP Ago...-..........................__-..................Anecdote from British Esperantist       121
Esperantists in Action......___...........—........................._.............................._........................._..........................        121
Esperanto in the Press..................................................................................-...........................-..........................        122
Requisites of a World Language.................... ......__..............±........—.........................—..........................       123
Heart-to-Heart  Talks........-....................-..................................................................................—Editorial        124
Esperanto Association of North America-......_............     .......—..................-.....—..........................        127
Esperanto-English Exercise...................................................................................................................................        135
Amerika Esperantisto
ENHAVO
Filozofiaj Notoj pri Justeco.....................................................:...,...........Dr. Walter Lippmann.       129
Fora Proksimeco........___...........................................Anecdote from Esperanto Interhacia        131
La Vojo—Poemo..........................................................................................,.....—,D/. L. L. Zamenhof        132
La Vera Nomo de D-ro Zamenhof.........................................................._...............Dr. I. G. Braga        133
Pli Allogajn Proverbojn...............................................„'......................................Joseph R. Scherer        134
Usona Gazeto Fondita....................................................._..............................D-r. L. L. Zamenhof        134
Esperanto en Centra Eŭropo....................................._..................................................M. L. Wincnt       135
Esperanto-Angla Ekzercaro............_........................................................_.........................................................        135
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The "Majstro"
1859—1917
Portrait from The British Esperantist
Jubilee Number 1337
To the "Majstro" to whose inexpressible
vision, caught at dawn and held to the last
ray of a luminous life; to whose quiet, peace-
ful and untiring personal labor; to whose ex-
ecutive wisdom, to whose personal sacrifice,
undying fidelity and flaming zeal for a tran-
scending ideal; to whose boundless love for all
human kind and desire to bequeath to unborn
generations a priceless gift; to whose linguis-
tic genius and creative achievement, un-
equalled in the annals of human history,
the world is now indebted for one of its
choicest inheritances, a prized possession of
the whole human family, a veritable key to
the human heart everywhere.
-Words of Robert Livingston Davis published originally in
Congress Book for 39th Annual Congress EANA held in
Detroit, Michigan, July,  1936.
11-1
Vol. 58
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1943
Nos. 11 and 12
The Trowel
George Belford
EVERY one watching the
erection of a tall, indus-
trial chimney, appreciates
the skill of the mason, particu-
larly the dexterity with which
he wields his trowel. The ma-
son, however, appreciates the
tremendous importance of the
trowel itself, its materials, its
form, its flexibility and its
indescribable fitness for its
work. The trowel has long
been perfected.
The designer of the trowel
is unknown. His name has
been lost in centuries of obliv-
ion. A skilled mason is a man
out of hundreds, but the
designer of the trowel was a
master mind out of earth's
billions who made a lasting
contribution to progress.
Every chimney, wall, or other
example of masonry, is a
triumph of the trowel and a
monument to the designer of
the trowel.
Esperantists will be appre-
ciated as indispensable work-
ers in post-war reconstruc-
tion. Out of the newer and
greater concepts of liberty,
justice, and righteousness,
they, like masons, will help
build enduring structures
which will encircle the earth.
Theirs will be the task of
breaking through the barriers
of 3400 languages and dialects.
Theirs will be the work of
spreading the cement of
understanding, co-operation,
and fellowship. In their hands
Esperanto will be_the perfect
trowel with which the all-es-
sential mortar will be applied,
in structures of unity which,
like towering industrial
chimneys, will be triumphs
of the perfect trowel, Espe-
ranto, and monuments to its
designer, a distinguished son
out of earth's billions, Dr. L.
L. Zamenhof.
115
A Choice Inheritance
Albert Leon Guerard
Professor in Language Department. Stanford University
(Excerpts  by  special  permission  of the  the  author  from
A Short History of the International Language Movement)
PERHAPS the most significant
of the recent steps in favour
of Esperanto is the following
resolution, voted by the Con-
gress of International Asso-
ciations, which met at Brussels
in September, 1920: "Recognizing
the ever growing need for an
auxiliary language, the World
Congress of International Associ-
ations expresses the desire that
every person who is convinced
of such a necessity adhere to the
important Esperanto movement,
deferring all improvements which
may be deemed necessary until
the moment when the language
has been officially adopted by the
governments."
Here we have a clear statement
of two facts, both of command-
ing importance for the future of
the movement. First of all, for
the general public, "international
language" and "Esperanto" are
synonymous terms ....
The second fact is that the
practical world will never look
favorably upon any project which
is still in the making, which has
remained purely theoretical, or
whose partisans are torn by con-
stant dissensions. What is needed
at present is an instrument of
demonstration, a system actually
at work, one which has given
proofs of stability. . . . The chief
point of interest about Esperanto
is not whether its alphabet could
be improved, ... it is the fact
that Zamenhof and his disciples
have actually created a living
language. ... a living language
must have a cultural basis; it
must be a symbol of a civiliza-
tion, not merely the expression
of actual needs. In some undefin-
able manner, it must be in tune
with some deep, common aspi-
rations of the men who speak
it ... .
Esperanto, compared with other
schemes, owes its success partly
to its qualities as a language,
which are great, but not unique;
partly to its wise tactics of sac-
rificing theoretical perfection to
unity and continuity; but most
of all to an elusive virtue which
many of its critics fail to com-
prehend: its spirit, or better its
soul.
Esperanto is a language, noth-
ing but a language, and disclaims
any other purpose; but it has
what Dr. Zamenhof called an
"inner idea," or an ideal, the ideal
of human brotherhood. This is
the reason why a mere language
rouses positive fanaticism, as
though Esperantism were indeed
a religion. It is the bond of union
of the "Esperanto people"; it
makes them indeed a "super-
nation," the embryo of the pacific
world state of the future. This
gives a meaning to their flag,
white with the green star of
hope. . . . Men of all races and
religions have communion in
that spirit, strong and broad
enough to give the language, with
a cultural basis, some of the
emotional qualities found in the
best national tongues. Esperanto
is the linguistic manifestation of
the spirit of the modern world,
practical and idealistic at the
same time, the spirit of free co-
operation without privileges and
without violence.....
But the chief claim to great-
ness of Dr. Zamenhof probably
lay therein, that his "Esperan-
tism" transcended Esperanto it-
self.
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The Study of Languages
Prof. F.
Fenn  College,
THE first step in teaching
a language, as I do it, is
to  ask  and then  answer
the students  as  follows:
What is language? Lan-
guage is the medium of com-
municating to others our
thoughts, feelings, and desires,
through spoken words. It is
of the highest importance
that the pupil should appre-
hend this nature and office
of language at the very com-
mencement of his studies. To
the degree in which the first
new language which he begins
to learn, aside from his own
vernacular, can be shown to
him to be capable of perform-
ing its mission,—to the degree
in which he can be made to
see that all his thoughts, emo-
tions, and desires, which he
expreses fully and completely
in English, can be disrobed of
their English dress, and can
be enrobed in the garb of
another language—to that de-
gree will he apprehend the
nature and office of the new
language; and, in return, to
that degree will his studies
in the new language aid him
in understanding the nature
and office of his own vernac-
ular,    and,    finally,    of    lan-
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guage in general.
This condition can be met
in the highest degree only in
the study of a living language
(including Esperanto), and of
one which is the expression
of a civilization that is not
very different from our own,
and of a grade not lower than
our own. By no means can
it be fully met in studying a
language which has ceased to
be spoken (as Latin or class-
ical Greek), and which, when
spoken, was the expression of
a civilization that was essen-
tially different from our own,
and in many respects inferior
to our own.
In order to impress most ef-
fectually upon the mind of
the student a clear idea of the
nature and office of language,
and of the difference between
his vernacular and other lan-
guages, it is important that
he should continue the study
of the single living language
(to which Esperanto belongs,
of course) with which he com-
mences, until he realizes that
everything he says in English
(or Esperano, if Esperanto is
his mother-tongue) can be
said in this other language
which  he  studies.  With  this
AMERICAN ESPERANTIST
thoughtfully fixed in his
mind, and fully realized in his
practice, each new language
that is afterward commenced,
will be acquired with in-
creased facility and in shorter
time.
It is, of course, far better
that, when possible, the new
language should be learned
in the country where it is the
vernacular. The learner is
there surrounded by the at-
mosphere of the language, and
takes it in at every breath.
He absorbs it unconsciously
as well as consciously. But
this is in the reach of so few,
that the real question is, how
can the benefits of foreign res-
idence be approximately re-
alized in our schools? This
must depend (1) upon the
kind of text-books employed,
(2) upon the method of in-
struction adopted, and (3)
upon the skill and ingenuity
of the teacher. Much can be
done, however, to remove the
artificiality of learning a lan-
guage away from the country
where it is the vernacular.
Note. The foregoing is the first
of three articles by Prof. Tomich
which will be written for the
American Esperantist to answer
the question, "How to teach lan-
guage?"
—Editor
How to Learn a Language
Fenton  Stancliff
THE real difficulty of learn-
ing a new language is the
vocabulary. When you
wish to acquire a new word
of Esperanto, say the word to
yourself, and, if possible, look
at the object which it repre-
sents. Say to yourself testudo.
and either look at a picture
of a turtle or think of a turtle.
In any event keep English en-
tirely out of the picture.
If you are learning a new
verb, say the word to your-
self while imagining that you
are doing the action described
by the word. Keep English out
of your mind. If the new word
is a preposition, say the word
to yourself thinking directly
of the relation.
Many language students
look intently at a new word
thinking that it is possible by
some sort of mysterious star-
ing,  to  torture  the  meaning
HOW TO LEARN A LANGUAGE
119
out of it. This is all wrong.
There is no meaning in a new
word which you have not
placed there yourself. If you
would have the content of the
words clear and unmistakable,
see to it that only clear and
unmistakable   meanings    are
attached to it. Use a diction-
ary in which nothing but Es^
peranto is used for the defin-
itions. Grasp the meaning of
Esperanto directly while read-
ing, without any sort of trans-
lation.
A Correction
Dr. Lehman Wendell
JOHN LINDSLEY, a grad-
uate student at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota wrote
an article entitled "Wanted—
a World Language" which was
published in The Minnesota
Technolog. A condensation of
the article appeared in the Au-
gust, 1943 issue of Science
Digest.
Considering the limited
space at the disposal of Mr.
Lindsley, he covers the sub-
ject very well. Unfortunately,
he makes several erroneous
statements, and errors should
not go unchallenged.
The first erroneous state-
ment reads as follows:
"Simplification did cost Espe-
ranto the large and varied vocab-
ulary and abundance of synonyms
which a language must have to
express emotions. But Esperanto
was never intended to be a lit-
erary language."
Obviously the author was
not fully informed, else he
would have known that Espe-
ranto is no longer limited to
its original 800 words, but has
been enriched by a vocabu-
lary so large and varied that
human emotions can be ex-
pressed to the fullest degree.
However, when we combine
words to express thoughts, it
is not mere numbers that are
of importance, but the careful
selection and correct use of
words. Shakespeare used
about 6,000 words out of a
possible 200,000, but who
would dare say that because
he limited himself to a rather
small vocabulary he therefore
could not express emotions?
Even a single word can ex-
press a deep emotion.
The statement that "Espe-
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ranto was never intended to
be a literary language" can
not be accepted from one
whose knowledge of the lan-
guage is superficial and who
has had no opportunity of test-
ing its literary capabilities. It
is true that much has been
written in Esperanto has lit-
tle, if any, literary value, but
the fault lies not with the lan-
guage but with him who uses
it. If only one man, a man
like Zamenhof, can arouse
emotions with his language
(using the original 800 words),
that is proof sufficient that
his language has literary
value. The original poems by
Zamenhof express emotions
to the highest degree and can
be clased only as literary
masterpieces. As for his con-
gress speeches, one can call
them only literary gems. But
Zamenhof is not the only one
who has demonstrated the lit-
erary fitness of Esperanto. A
few names come to me off-
hand: Grabowski, Belmont,
Kabe, Cart, Bourlet, Privat,
Kalocsay, Baghy, Devjatnin.
And   there   are   many   more,
both  in  Europe  and  in  the
Americas.
The second statement with
which we cannot agree is that
Esperanto was strong in pre-
war France, but had practi-
cally no following in Ger-
many. This is utterly false. In
pre-Nazi Germany Esperanto
was a social factor of no mean
importance. Esperanto Clubs
were wide-spread throughout
Germany. The language was
taught in some elementary
schools and in some univer-
sities, and many prominent
men and women graced the
movement. Some of the finest
books that have appeared in
Esperanto were published in
Germany. Turning to the
Yearbook of the Universal
Esperanto Association for 1934
we find that Germany had
clubs and Esperanto delegates
in 291 cities and towns. Berlin
alone had ten delegates and
six clubs. During that same
year France had 222 delegates,
thirteen of them in Paris.
There were twelve clubs in
Paris. These figures speak for
themselves.
Learning to Speak the Vernacular
Mother: Junior, after all the care your father and I have used for
five years to teach you correct English, I just heard you say to
your playmate "I hain't got any!"
Junior: But I just had to make him understand me!
Thirty-six Years Ago
A noted Esperantist at Bom-
bay,—Dr. John Pollen, I.C.S.,
CLE., President of the British
Esperanto Association, and re-
cently a respected and well-
known citizen of Bombay, put
into the harbour on Thursday
last on the Shah liner ss.
Shanur. The good ship dis-
played on her forepeak bunt-
ing which proved too much
for the nautical quidnuncs of
the harbour, says a Bombay
paper. It was a green flag of
goodly proportions, with a
white   square   in   the   centre,
where again appeared one
green star ... It was first run
aloft in the harbor of Jeddah,
where Dr. Pollen had gone
with His Highness the Nawab
of Bhawalpur ... In Jeddah
there was a combined fleet of
forty vessels belonging to dif-
ferent nations, and the Pres-
ident of the British Esperanto
Association was elected Ad-
miral of the combined fleet.
Hence the flag.
—From The Pioneer, March 1, 1907, Allah-
abad, India, Reprinted in the British
Esperantist, Jubilee Number, 1937.
Esperantists in Action
Prof.    Joseph    Tamborra    of
University of North Dakota,
reports that The Saturday Re-
view of Literature of Aug,
7th contains an article by H.
G. Wells entitled "Shall We
Have a World Language?"
Prof. Tamborra has sent an
answer and explanation of the
merits of Esperanto to H. G.
Wells.
George A. Connor, N.Y., wrote
an article entitled "A Neutral
Tongue" for The Saturday Re-
view of Literature, Oct. 2,
1943.
Capt. F. A. Post, Route 5, Lit-
tle Rock, Arkansas, made two
lectures, Oct. 19th and 26th,
on "International Language
Esperanto" in the National
History Museum; also on Oct.
19th, 20th and 25th respect-
ively he spoke for ten min-
utes on the radio over station
KGHI. If any of our readers
heard the talks please inform
him, expressing their opinion
of them.
Roan U. Orloff, Boston, Mass.,
while visiting Mt. Pocono, Pa.,
(Continued on p. 136)
Esperanto in the Press
The Herald, Miami, Fla., Aug.
27, 1943, published a letter
from Dr. Lydia Allen DeVil-
biss, a delegate of the IEL,
adding to the information
given by Frank W. Vedder in
its issue of Aug. 22nd. Mr.
Vedder wrote to the editor
on the letter-head of the Sixth
International Congress o f
Esperanto held in Washington,
D. C. in 1910, in which Dr.
Zamenhof was present.
Star Journal, Minneapolis,
Sept. 11, 1943. published a
letter from Dr. Lehman Wen-
dell entitled "Esperanto: the
International Language?"
The Milwaukee Journal, Wis.,
Oct. 12, 1943, published a let-
ter from Stanley A. Klubow-
ski, a delegate of the Interna-
tional Esperanto League, un-
der the heading "Esperanto
is Better".
Arkansas Gazette, Oct. 8, 1943,
published a long letter from
Capt. F. A. Post in answer to
various questions about Espe-
ranto.
Staais-Zaitung, Detroit, pub-
lished a long article Under
title of "Esperanto au Naturel"
by Von Carl W. Suesser, Sept.
4,  1943. He recalls the work
for Esperanto by the late Dr.
Tobias Sigel.
Clinical Excerpts, N. Y. (Vol.
17, 1943, Nnmber 5) under the
heading of "Medicine and Phil-
ately in Russia and China",
among other reproductions of
postage stamps, showed one of
Russia's Esperanto series of
1927 issued in commemoration
of the fortieth anniversary of
the creation of Esperanto by
the physician Dr. L. L. Zamen-
hof. It devoted about fifteen
inches of print to the history
of Esperanto.
The Musical Review, May,
1943, England, published a
long article by Frank Merrick
entitled "Esperanto in Rela-
tion to Choral Singing". The
article was intended to inter-
est the reader in Esperanto,
so there was considerable dis-
cussion of the origin and his-
tory of Esperanto. He sug-
gests the practical value' of
Esperanto for international
choirs and mentions Himnaro
Esperanta by Montague C.
Butler and monthly Esperanto
services for 25 years in Lon-
don and the singing by his
choir of The Hallelujah Chor-
us in Esperanto in 1908.
(See also page 125)
Requisites of a World Language
Esperanto as an International
Language, from a resolution
of the Paris Chamber of Com-
merce quoted in Report of the
General Secretariat, League
of Nations, which report was
adopted by the Third Assem-
bly 1922:—
"In the first place it is indis-
pensable that this language should
not be established to the detri-
ment of the French language, to
which we are deeply attached by
reason of the immortal beauties
enshrined in their works by the
genius of our writers.
"As an essential corollary of
this primary condition, we must,
as ardent advocates of our own
native language, respect the na-
tive languages of other nations,
also rich in literary master-pieces.
"The universal language must,
therefore, not be a national lan-
guage.
"(2) This auxiliary language
must be clear, easy to learn and
sufficiently rich in vocabulary to
express all shades of human
thought."
After examining carefully
into all the other require-
ments, the Committee decided
to make an experiment. The
experiment was made by the
Chamber   of   Commerce.
"Three texts were selected by
the Sub-Committee in a style so
precise that the slightest modifi-
cation might completely alter the
meaning. They consisted of an
arbitration regulation, a power of
administration and a certificate
of sale of a very exact type.
"They were translated into
Esperanto in our presence by two
Esperantists; these two were then
replaced by two others who car-
ried out the reverse operation.
"The new French text, although
it did not repeat the exact word-
ing of the original text, repro-
duced its exact meaning in such
a manner that the double trans-
position was unanimously con-
sidered to have made no altera-
tion inthe meaning of the agree-
ments upon which the experiment
had been made.
"The unanimous conclusion of
the Sub-Committee was that
your Rapporteur was able to as-
sure the Education Committee
that, 'as far as it was possible
to judge by investigation and ex-
periments, Esperanto possessed
the qualities of precision, of clear-
ness and facility which are re-
quired of an international auxi-
liary language'."
What Can We Use for a World
Language, a World Language
Symposium, in The Saturday Re-
view of Literature, Oct. 2nd, 1943.
Short articles by Allan Harrison
Fry, Jacques Barzun, Willard
Thorp, Carl J. Friedrich, Ivy Lit-
vinoff, followed by one entitled
"A 'Neutral' Tongue" by George
A. Connor, from which the follow-
ing is taken:
"Dr. Mario Teixeira de Freitas,
of the Brazilian Government,
states the case for Latin-America
when he says: 'Only through Es-
peranto will we realize unity and
confraternity, under the very best
spiritual conditions, because our
endeavors in this respect will not
bring about the subjection of any
part of our populations to a bio-
logical and psychological creation
of another group...'.
"But only Esperanto eliminates
the psychological barriers...
"Several million persons of the
most diverse cultures, Occident
and Orient, already use Esperan-
to. .."
(Further comments on p. 125)
123
AMERICAN ESPERANTIST
Mabelle L. Davis. Editor
4321 Fourth Ave.
Detroit 1, Michigan
Heart-to-Heart
Talks
Functions of the
American Esperantist
Probably most of our read-
ers appreciate that the Amer-
ican Esperantist has two im-
portant functions.
First, as the official organ
of EANA, it publishes an-
nouncements, reports, pro-
ceedings, and other informa-
tion from officers and com-
mittees, as well as authorita-
tive information about the ac-
tivities of other Esperanto or-
ganizations. If no more were
done, our readers would in-
clude hardly more than active
Esperantists.
The second and more diffi-
cult function is to present
matter of interest to both
Esperantists and non-Esper-
antists. Filling this duty af-
fords abundant opportunity to
demonstrate the superior mer-
its of Esperanto.
While both functions are es-
sential many difficulties are
involved in combining them
in one small publication. To
avoid confusion, official mat-
ter must  be separated  from
articles reflecting the thought
and ideas of individual writ-
ers, but which do not necessar-
ily express the views of the
editor, nor any known views
of the EANA. Similar difficul-
ties have been very successful-
ly overcome in other organiza-
tions, by two publications, an
internal paper for members
mostly and a general paper for
members and the public at
large.
As Esperantists, knowing
the history of the research
and sacrifices of Dr. Zamen-
hof in order to give a language
to the world for its better-
ment, we should appreciate
the principles of speech dis-
covered by other persons with
like altruistic goals. In fact,
Esperantists should welcome
all attempts to create a means
of communication between
and among all the peoples of
the world. Why welcome? Be-
cause the more language diffi-
culties are discussed the more
opportunity Esperantists have
to bring Esperanto and its
merits to the attention of au-
thors and editors.
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HEART-TO-HEART TALKS
125
During the past year the
editorial policy has been af-
fected by the example of Dr.
Zamenhof at the first World
Congress of Esperantists: "He
spoke with fairness and mod-
esty. He spoke of Schleyer, as
an earlier pioneer of the idea
of a world language. He had
already forgotten the bitter
attacks of Volapukists, and
spoke only of the great work
of his predecessor. He asked
the Congress to honour his
name."*
So in fairness to all and to
uphold the principle of free-
dom of speech and discussion,
the various excerpts relating
to other proposed languages
are given, even in this edi-
tion devoted mainly to the
memory of Dr. L. L. Zamen-
hof whose birthday on Decem-
ber 15th will be celebrated
around the world wherever
Esperantists are permitted to
meet. His work was not in
vain!
(continued from p. 123)
A Federal Language for a
World Commonwealth by Al-
bert Guerard in "Free World",
February, 1943.—
"The sentimental, the passion-
ate aspect of language is a fact
which should never be overlook-
ed. Of this fact the English-speak-
ing world is serenely oblivious....
". . If before the war we trav-
eled over the world, everywhere
the inscription English spoken met
our eyes—provided we kept to
the beaten Anglo-Saxon track.
... If we wanted to meet the
'natives', naturally those who
speak English came to the fore.
Their knowledge of the language
was an achievement they were
only too anxious to display. Thus
English spread from pole to pole...
... If victory is ours, there is
nothing that can prevent English
from being the sole official lan-
guage of the peace conference,
and by an almost inevitable ex-
tension,  the federal language of
*Life of Zamenhof by
the World Commonwealth. Noth-
ing—except our own moderation
and sense of fairness. To these
I would appeal, for the adoption
of English as the federal language
would be a severe handicap for
the new Commonwealth of Na-
tions.
"For one thing it would come
with victory, and to the defeated,
it would remain the hated badge
of defeat... Every group that feels
itself dispossessed and humbled
will try to limit, not to extend, the
scope of international activities.
It will be 'patriotic' to unlearn
English. English could grow be-
fore the war, on a free and un-
official basis, just as German and
French, in other spheres, were
growing also. But official pre-
dominance is a challenge...
"William Lloyd Garrison said:
'My country is the world'. To this
idea we must remain true, if we
are to liberate mankind. And this
means the renunciation of every
privilege of race, class, caste, na-
tion, or language...
Edmond Privat, p. 59.
AMERICAN ESPERANTIST
"The language we need, there-
fore, must be one which does not
stand for victory, power, wealth,
pride, but for brotherhood; one
that can be used by the World
Police, the World Court, the
World Airways, without any fear
that the strong and rich will be
made stronger and richer thereby;
one that will respect the essential
quality of all cultures, and give
the least of the tribes a fair chance
to co-operate in the world's wel-
fare; a language, in short, that
will be the symbol as well as the
instrument of the international
spirit." (Discusses Basic Latin for
the purpose.)
Basic English: A Globalanguage,
a feature article by Lincoln Bar-
nett in "Life", Oct. 18. A para-
graph which calls for an answer
by Esperantists is: ''The obvious
benefits of an international me-
dium of mental exchange have
from time to time prompted lexi-
cographers to cook up artificial
languages: Esperanto, Ido, Novial,
Nulango. But because such syn-
thetic tongues lack tradition, liter-
ature and a practicing proletariat
... they have won few adher-
ents in the Babel of this chatter-
ing planet."
Opinions from
Whose Basic?, "Time",  Oct. 4:
"Dr. Lin Mon - sheng, Chinese
scholar, author and editor, on
CBS's People's Platform. Dr. Lin
asked a disarming pair of ques-
tions: Why Basic English? Why
not Basic Chinese? His argument:
Chinese is the mother tongue of
450,000,000 people. There is none
easier, simpler to learn than the
simplified 'basic' Chinese of 1,000
characters.
Esperanto: The International Lan-
guage, Star Journal, Minn., Sept.
11, from a letter written by Dr.
Lehman Wendell:
"Whatever advantages Basic
English may have as a world lan-
guage are offset by its disadvan-
tages. Difficulties of spelling and
pronunciation have not been elim-
inated, nor has the intricate Eng-
lish grammar been simplified...
"I have used Esperanto for over
thirty years. At one time I cor-
responded with thirty different
nationalities, and had no difficulty
Here and There
in making myself understood, nor
in understanding them. .. ."
Esperanto is Beifer from letter of
Stanley A.  Klubowski, The Mil-
waukee Journal, Oct. 12:—
"Worthy of note is the fact that
while the selection of the 850
words of "Basic English" have
been copyrighted... the creator of
Esperanto, Dr. L. L. Zamenhof,
gave his work of a lifetime to the
world free.
Esperanto... is phonetic and is
entirely international. "Basic Eng-
lish" has none of these requisites.
The promoters admit that no class-
ics can be written artistically in it.
However, classics and the Bible
have long been translated and
published in Esperanto ...
' The Roman Catholic church for
many years has published prayer
books in Esperanto. The Baha'i
centers all over the world have
much of their literature published
in Esperanto. Even in war-torn
China today, three Esperanto pub-
lications are issued regularly ..."
"What made the deepest impression upon you?" inquired a friend
of Abraham Lincoln, "when you stood in the presence of the Falls of
Niagara, the greatest of the natural wonders?"
"The thing that struck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls,"
Lincoln responded, "was where in the world did all that water come
from?"                                                  —Theasaurus of Anecdotes by Edmund Fuller.
Esperanto Association of North America
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dr. Cecil Stockard, President   Joseph   Leahy,   Gen.   Sec'y,  Armin   F.  Doneis,  Member,
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Dear Members of EANA,
Esperantists, and
Friends of Esperanto:
A Good Field for Propaganda
Increasingly, for a year or
more, people in public life are
talking and writing about
some form of post-war unity,
some form of world organiza-
tion. It seems to me that we
have here a splendid oppor-
tunity for propaganda. If a
goodly number of Esperant-
ists would write to the author
whenever we see or hear any-
thing along this line, pointing
out what a great help Espe-
ranto would be, in fact, that
it is practically essential in
making possible the success
of such an organization, it is
reasonable to hope that they
will, in time, begin to notice
us and even to include Espe-
ranto in their announced plane
tor the future world.
I would-like to form a com-
mittee of volunteers for this
work and the larger the better.
Please write me if you will
agree' to take part in cultivat-
ing this new and excellent
field for propaganda.
.,
!*  -     -*#>
m
—Underwood and Underwood
No, I am not talking to the
other fellow. This means you.
"Do it  now."
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15th—by donating, individual-
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to the EANA fund? If you
can't give a bond, send a few
stamps to the Treasurer, Mr.
William Plampin, 1319 Colum-
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D.C.,   and he will turn them
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Volumo 58        NOVEMBRO-DECEMBRO, 1943        Numeroj 11 kaj 12
Filozofiaj Notoj pri Justeco
Verkis angle Prof. Raymond Frank Piper*
Esperantigis  Walter Lippmann, Doktoro de Juroj,
KION signifas justeco, mon-
triĝos, kiam ni elmetos la
sistemon de ĝiaj premi-
soj. Tia "reiro al la radiko"
estas karakteriza por filozofia
metodo de analizo.
(1)    Inteligenteco. En pro-
funda difino de Leibniz ni
legas ke "fundamente justeco
estas nenio alia ol karito (bon-
faremo) konformigita al saĝe-
co." La esenco de inteligenteco
kaj de saĝeco estas la povo
atingi ordigitan interrilaton
de la partoj aŭ celoj en tutajo;
justeco estas tia ordigita in-
tegraligo (entutajigo) de per-
sonoj en societo. Tial Platon
diris ke justeco en societo es-
tas analoga al saĝeco en la
menso, kaj la ĉefa celo de lia
majstroverko La Respubliko
estis konigi la signifon de
justeco.
(2)    La Valoro kaj Digneco
de la Homa Persono: por kon-
servi   ĉi   tiun  valoron,   certaj
fundamentaj raj toj devas esti
garantiataj, speciale la rajto al
vivo kaj persona sekureco, al
korpa libereco kaj ebleco la-
borakiri sufiĉan vivtenon, la
rajto al libereco de penso kaj
esprimo, de eduko kaj de di-
servo. Alia faktoro en justeco
estas la sekurigado de tiaj raj-
to j, la protektado de ili kon-
traŭ invado; tio estas justeco
en negativa, protekta, leĝa sen-
co. Komunumo devas protekti
sin kontraŭ malbonfarantoj,
kiuj detruus la elementajn raj-
tojn de la homo. Kiam iu agas
kontraŭ ĉi tiuj raj to j, li iĝas
sumetata al la reguloj kaj pu-
noj, kiuj estas nomataj kom-
pensa justeco. Sed justeco ha-
vas ankaŭ la pozitivan funk-
cion doni al ĉiu la kiel eble
plej plenan eblecon evoluigi
siajn kapablojn kiu povas kun-
ekzisti kun similaj eblecoj
por aliuloj.
(3)    Societo     de    Bezonaj
•"Philosophic Notes on Justice" de Raymond Frank Piper, Profesoro de filozofia en
la Universitato de Syracuse aperinta en Amerika Esperantisto,  Sept.-Okt.,  1943.
129
130
Personoj. Car (a) ĉiu dependas
de aliaj por ricevi la plej ne-
cesajn varojn, kaj (b) ekzistas
nur limigita kvanto de la plej
multaj varoj, la bonfarto de la
homoj postulas distribuon de
varoj en diversaj malsimplaj
vojoj. Justeco en ĉi tiu rilato
regas, kiam en la distribuo
justa mezuro, porcio aŭ pro-
porcio konforma al la bezono
estas realigata en la komunu-
mo. Sed la komunumo, en kiu
distribua justeco de ĉi tiu spe-
co efikas, estas nun iĝinta la
mondo, car moderna science
kaj la tragedioj de la milito
prr.vis ke ĉiu nacio dependas
de multaj aliaj por ricevi esen-
cajn varojn. Por adekvata rea-
ligo de tutmonda justeco sub
modernaj kondiĉoj pluraj no-
vaj teknikoj de komunikado
estas urge bezonataj, speciale
universalaj helplingvo kaj
skribo, universalaj tabeloj de
peziloj kaj mezuroj, universa-
laj moneroj kaj pasportoj, kaj
kelkaj aliaj.
(4) Imag-pova Simpatio. Eĉ
malvarmkora kalkulado de jus-
taj agoj en la societo estas
malfacila sen imag-pova konsi-
dero al la vidpunktoj de tiuj,
kiuj diferencas de ni en valor-
juĝoj. Pro ĉi tiu kaŭzo Leib-
nitz insistis ke tiu konformajo
al  saĝeco,  kiu  estas justeco,
AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO
postulas kariton aŭ bonvolon.
Augustinus deklaras en siaj
Konfesoj ke justeco estas "amo
servanta la amatojn." La Ba-
haa profeto Baha'u'llah diris
en La Letero al la Filo de la
Lupo: "Estas necese havi in-
teligentecon kaj puran kaj
sanktan vidon por akiri juste-
con kaj egalrajtecon." En aliaj
vortoj, fundamenta bazo de nia
postulo al justeco estas nia
scio ke ni ne povas atendi ke
nia najbaro koncesias al ni pro-
vilegiojn, kiujn ni ne vole kaj
volonte koncesias interŝanĝe.
(5) Praktikaj Institucioj
de pluraj specoj estas necesaj
por la realigo de justeco. En
etika abstraktigo justeco estas
unu el la plej sublimaj idealoj
por elvoki homajn klopodon
kaj virton.
(a) Unu kondiĉo de ĝia
praktika realigo estas tiu ku-
timo de reciprokeco, kiun
Kung-fu-tse (Konfucio) brile
priskribis. La kutima prakti-
kado de la delikataj societaj
moroj estas alta virto, kiu sta-
ras multe super elkalkulita kaj
minimuma obeo al la leĝoj.
Tiaj moroj enhavas la realigon
de justa agado al.niaj najbaroj
en tiaj aferoj kiaj kondutma-
nieroj kaj interparolado, reli-
gio, sportoj kaj estetikaj ĝuoj.
Ne estas necese aldoni ke la
FILOZOFIAJ NOTOJ
131
praktokado de justeco postulas
obeon al la leĝoj de onia ko-
mununmo.
(b) Ankoraŭ leĝa formula-
do de la kondiĉoj de justeco
kaj de la manieroj de ĝia alde-
igado en komunumo estas ne-
cesa. Kutime oni komprenas
justecon tiel ke ĝi enhavas
leĝojn kaj juralĝustigado
(equity). Unu el la grandaj do-
nacoj de la angla-saksa kulturo
al la mondo estas la starigo en
efektiva multe disvastigita u-
zado de diversaj taŭgaj insti-
tucioj por la atingado de juste-
co, kiel ekzemple la asiza sis-
temo, reguloj de pruvado kaj
la tribunalo de juralĝustigado
(court of equity). La regulo de
justeco signifas ke la leĝoj es-
tas por ĉiu sen escepto. Gi es-
tas unu el la fundamentaj ŝto-
noj de demokratio.
(6) Organa Kunagado. Ni
revenas al la unua, ĉion pene-
tranta kondiĉo de justeco: in-
teligenteco aŭ racio. Platon in-
struis ke individuo povas atin-
gi virton kaj animan bonfarton
nur se ĝia racio regas kaj kun-
ordigas la aliajn kapablojn de
ĝia menso. Simile, li diris, es-
tas justeco en societo, kiam ĉiu
bone zorgas por siaj propraj
aferoj, tio estas: plenumas
tiujn oficojn aŭ funkciojn por
kiuj li estas plej taŭga kaj plej
bone edukita. Do la justa ko-
munumo estas tutaĵo aŭ orga-
nismo, en kiu vasta vario de
homaj personecoj estas bonege
integraligita.
Mallonge, en sia plej alta
formo justeco regas en societo,
kiam en ĝi estas tia reciprokaj
alĝustigado kaj kunagado de
ĝiaj sinrespektemaj kaj kon-
sideremaj membroj, ke ĉiu aki-
ras plej grandajn valorajn kon-
forme kun egalaj akiroj fare
de liaj najbaroj.
Fora Proksimeco!
(el  Esperanto  Internacia, Sept.-Okt., 1943)
Ĉion konsiderante, la restado
en Ĝenevo forpasas sen mal-
helpo por la svisa delegitaro,
kiu loĝas ĉe la Hotelo Mira-
mare. Gia saloneto baldaŭ fari-
ĝas la rendevuejo de la neŭ-
traluloj.
Pro stranga hazardo, S-ro
Motta renkontas en la hotelo
lifto, je la tago de sia alveno
anglan sinjoron kun griziĝan-
taj haroj kaj kies okuloj lin
frapas per sia magneta brilo.
Riverencegoj kaj salutoj am-
baŭflanke. La konversacio ta-
men ne longe daŭras, car la
angla vojaĝanto efektive ne
(daŭrigas sur paĝo 133)
La Vojo
D-ro L. L. Zamenhof
Tra densa mallumo briletas la celo,
Al kiu kuraĝe ni iras.
Simile al stelo en nokta ĉielo,
AI ni la direkton ĝi diras.
Kaj nin ne timigas la noktaj fantomoj,
Nek batoj de I' sorto, nek mokoj de I'homoj,
Car klara kaj rekta kaj tre difinita
Ĝi estas, la voj' elektita.
Ni semas kaj semas, neniam Iaciĝas,
Pri l'tempoj estontaj pensante.
Cent semoj perdiĝas, mil semoj perdiĝas,—
Ni semas kaj semas konstante.
"Ho,  ĉesu!"  mokante  la homoj  admonas,—
"Ne ĉesu, ne ĉesu!" en kor' al ni sonas:
"Obstine antaŭen! La nepoj vin benos,
Se vi pacience eltenos."
Se longa sekeco aŭ ventoj subitaj
Velkantajn foliojn deŝiras,
Ni dankas la venton, kaj, repurigitaj,
Ni forton pli freŝan akiras.
Ne mortos jam nia bravega anaro,
Gin jam ne timigos la vento, nek staro,
Obstine ĝi paŝas, provita, hardita,
Al eel' unu fojon signita!
Nur rekte, kuraĝe kaj ne flankiĝante
Ni iru la vojon celitan!
Eĉ guto malgranda, konstante frapante,
Traboras la monton granitan.
L'espero, l'obstino, kaj la pacienco,—»
Jen estas la signoj, per kies potenco
Ni paŝo post paŝo, post longa laboro,
Atingos la celon en gloro.
La Vera Nomo de D-ro Zamenhof
(el letero de D-ro
Kun plezuro mi ricevis la
unuan numeron de "Amerika
Esperantisto" eldonita de vi,
kaj mi gratulas vin pro la belo
aspekto de la revueto...
Sur la paĝo tria mi legas la
demandon: Was Dr. L. L. Za-
menhof's first name Ludovic
or Lazarus? Trustworthy auth-
ors disagree ...
Mi petas permeson por re-
spondi: Kiam egale fidindaj
aŭtoroj malkonsentas, k a r a
Sinjorino, oni devas malfermi
la Biblion kaj konstati mem la
veron, car en la Biblio ĉiam
estas la vero. Iam instruisto
demandis al lernantino: Ĉu vi
kredas ke vere la fiŝo englutis
la profeton Jonas, au ke tio
estas nur figuro por komparo?
Ismael Gomes Braga)
La knabino tute serioze re-
spondis: Jes, sinjoro Instruis-
to, la fiŝo vere englutis la pro-
feton, car tiele estas en la Bi-
blio; se estus en la Biblio ke
Jonas englutis balenon, mi tu-
te kredus tion, car en la Biblio
estas ĉiam la vero.
Simile al tiu knabino, mi an-
kaŭ estas amanto de la Biblio
kaj sur la unua paĝo mi legas:
LA  MALNOVA
TESTAMENTO
el la hebrea originalo tradukis
Lazaro Ludoviko Zamenhof.
... La unua nomo de nia
Majstro estas kaj por ĉiam res-
tos LAZARO. La fidindaj aŭ-
toroj diru tion, kion ili volos,
car la Biblio decidas ĉiam la
disputojn.       I. C. Braga.
(daŭrigita
komprenas eĉ unu vorton da
franca, itala aŭ germana lingvo
dum S-ro Motta siaparte scias
nenian anglan vorton. Plua ri-
verencado, plua salutado. Gus-
te je tiu momento la lifto hal-
tas, pro paneo, inter du eta-
ĝoj! Kion fari? "Wait and
see", ekpensas la angla ĉefmi-
nistro. "Avanti", sopiras la ĉe-
fo de la svisa delegitaro. Dum
tiu neatendita kunestado, kiu
daŭras preskaŭ duonhoro, ĉiu
de paĝo 131)
el la du interparolantoj havas
tempon por mezuri la distan-
con, kiu apartigas la britan
universon de la mondo konti-
nenta kaj mediteranea. Fine al-
proksimiĝas la liberigo. Sin-
joro Giuseppe Motta kaj . . .
Lloyd George adiaŭas unu la
alian per la plej elokventa ri-
deto, kiun du ŝtatistoj iam ajn
interŝanĝis.
Tradukita de P. LeBrun el Le President
Motta de Aymon de Mestrel, eldonita en
1941 de Librairle Payot, Lausanne, Svisujo..
138
Pli Allogajn Proverbojn
Joseph R.  Scherer
Prezidanto de la Amerika Esperanto-Akademio
PRO la malfruiĝo de la Sep-
tembro-Oktobro numero de
Amerika Esperantisto, mi
ne ricevis ĝis nun solvojn por
la proverboj listigitaj en la
unua artikolo. Do mi ne povas
pridiskuti la tradukojn. Dume
me petas ke vi relegu la enkon-
dukan artikolon en la Septem-
bro-Oktobro numero, kaj laŭ
sama maniero traduku la je-
najn proverbojn:
Still waters run deep.
A barking dog seldom bites.
Don't bite off more than you
can chew.
The early bird gets the
worm.
A penny saved is a penny
earned.
Pro la malfrua apero de la
Septembro-Oktobro numero de
Amerika Esperantisto, vi po-
vos sendi la tradukojn de la
tri proverboj en la unua arti-
kolo samtempe kun la tradukoj
de la dua listo.
Enpoŝtigu viajn tradukojn
ne pli malfrue ol tridek tagojn
post la alveno de tiu-ĉi Novem-
bro-Decembro numero.
Adreso: Esperanto-Klubo de
Los Angeles, Care Joseph R.
Scherer, Prezidanto, 3222 La-
rissa Drive, Los Angeles 26,
California.
Usona Gazeto Fondita
(Letero de D-ro Zamenhof)
Al la Amerika Esperantista
Asocio:
Kun plezuro me eksciis el
via letero, ke via societo in-
tencas baldaŭ komenci la eldo-
nadon de amireka esperantista
ĵurnalo. Kompreneble mi povas
nur tre ĝoji pri tio ĉi kaj de-
ziri al via gazeto la plej bonan
sukceson. Ne pro simpla ĝenti-
leco mi tion ĉi diras: vian es-
tontan gazeton mi efektive tro-
vas tre grava, kaj mi efektive
atendas de ĝi tre multe da bono
por nia afero.
Ameriko estas tre grava por
Esperanto kaj Esperanto estas
tre grava por Ameriko: kaj
tial la tago, en kiu aperos la
unua bona gazeto esperantista
en la plej grava lando de Ame-
riko, en la Nord-Amerikaj
Unuigitaj Ŝtatoj, estos por nia
afero tre grava dato. Ke via
gazeto estos bona, pri tio mi
ne dubas, car mi konas bone la
energion kaj bonan volon de
ĝiaj fondantoj.
Mi estas konvinkita, ke vi
sekvos la ekzemplon de la bo-
13V
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AMERIKA ESPERANTISTO
KJ5
nega kaj plej merita brita fra- troj esperantistaj, al kiu turni-
to, kaj via gazeto bladaŭ fari- ĝos la okuloj de la tutmonda
ĝos unu el la plej gravaj cen-     esperantistaro.
—"Scrap Book for 1907" British Esperantist, Jubilee Number, 1937
Esperanto en
(el letero  de
Plenumante vian deziron, mi
mallonge mencios tion kion mi
scias pri la uzo de Esperanto
en Centra Eŭropo:
La lingvo estis sukcese uza-
ta de granda nombro da perso-
noj el ĉiuj ekonomiaj kaj so-
ciaj klasoj por la plej diversaj
sciencaj kaj kulturaj, tiom
kiom por komercaj kaj aliaj
praktikaj celoj. Se oni malfer-
mas antaŭmilitan adresaron en-
havante adresojn de Espe-
rantistoj el Aŭstrio, Ĉenoslo-
vakujo, Hungarujo, Rumanu-
jo, kaj Bulgarujo, oni tuj no-
tas ke tiuj ĉi landoj estas gvi-
Centra Eŭropo
M. L. Winant)
dantaj koncerne la uzon de la
lingvo, tiom kiom la nombron
de la adeptoj, kompare al la
nombro de la loĝantaro. La
vereco de tiu ĉi fakto estas pli
evidenta se oni ankaŭ konside-
ras ke la publikigitaj adresoj
reprezentas nur etan procen-
ton de la tieana Esperantista-
ro. Estas ne malpli konata la
fakton ke tiuj ĉi landoj pro-
duktis la plej grandan nom-
bron de valoraj pioniroj al
kiuj la tutmonda Esperantis-
taro estas kaj restas multe
devigata.
Esperanto-English Exercise
Akvo devas esti klara, freŝa,
kaj senriske trinkebla.
Atentu pri la mikroboj!
La nomoj de laviandoj estas
bovaĵo, bovidaĵo, ŝafaĵo, kaj
porkajo.
Kelkaj trinkajoj estas teo,
kafo, vino, cidro, biero, lakto,
kaj akvo.
Water must be clear, fresh
and drinkable without risk.
Pay attention to the mi-
crobes !
The names of the meats are
beef, veal, mutton, and pork.
Some drinks are tea, coffee,
wine, cider, beer, milk, and
water.
ESPERANTO-ENGLISH  EXERCISE
En la restoracia:
Kie estas la kelnerino?
Kian supon vi volas?
Kelnero, kion vi havas preta?
Mi estas malsata kaj soifa.
Tiu ĉi butero ne estas freŝa.
Ĉi tiuj ovoj estas malmolaj.
Ni havas sandviĉojn—ŝinkon,
ŝinkan kolbason, kaj tiel plu.
Kiom mi ŝuldas?
Ĉu vi ŝatas malvarman vian-
don?
Mi deziras panon kun butero
kaj kafon sen sukero kaj kre-
mo.
In the restaurant:
Where is the waitress?
What kind  of soup do  you
wish?
Waiter, what do you have
ready ?
I am hungry and thirsty,
This butter is not fresh.
These eggs are hard
We have sandwiches — ham,
ham sausage, etc.
What is the charge?
Do you like cold meat?
I wish bread and butter and
coffee without sugar and
cream.
Esperantists in Action
[continued  from  page  121)
on Sept. 8th, gave a talk on
"The Birth of Esperanto". The
talk was very successful in
arousing interest in Esperanto.
A second talk followed.
William P. Vaihis, Philadel-
phia, wrote a letter giving a
preference for Esperanto over
Basic English, which was pub-
lished in the Philadelphia Rec-
ord, Oct. 18th, in response to
an article on Oct. 9th entitled
'' 'Basic' Seen as Imperialistic
Threat."
Mrs. Angela Alfaroli, Vine-
wood, N. J., also had a letter
published in the Philadelphia
Record, Oct. 30th, entitled
"Another Reader Prefers Es-
peranto to Basic."
Detroit Esperanto Society
started a class for beginners
in Esperanto in the McGregor
Library, 12444 Woodward Ave.
Highland Park, Thursday, Oct.
21st at 7:30 P. M. to be held
weekly. Twenty responded.
Teacher: Herbert J. Lawin.
Book Rental Service
Director: E. G. Dodge, M. A.
1471 Irving St., N. W., Washington 10, D.
Thousands of books, many periodicals, and booklets of vari-
ous types have been printed in Esperanto. Many of them are
out of print. Others were published in Europe at places no
longer reached by mail.
A number of public-spirited Esperantists are adding to the
Book Rental Service some of their own books and pamphlets,
to make Esperanto literature available to as many as possible.
Several hundred titles are now in service. These books and
booklets are all in Esperanto, except some English-Esperanto
lesson books.
The collection has been classified by the Manager in a
catalog under seventeen headings, as follows:
I.                      Esperanto Language and Movement
II.                    Philosophy and Religion
III.                  Science.
IV.                   Economics and Government.
V.                    History and Biography.
VI.                  Travel and Adventure.
VII.                Esperanto Anthologies.
VIII.               Short Story Collections.
IX.                  Adventure Fiction.
X.                    Fantastic Fiction.
XI.                  Historical Fiction.
XII.                Problem Fiction.
XIII.               Unclassified Fiction.
XIV.               Drama, in verse and prose.
XV.                 Epic Poems.
XVI.              Lyric Poetry and Songs.
XVII.             Miscellany.
For a copy of the catalog containing full information about
the book rental service, send a request to Mr. Dodge at the
above address
Will not global understanding In the post-
war world be greatly aided by the adoption
of an easily-learned, neutral language for
use between people of different national
tongues? How else can constructive sug-
gestions from any part of the world be
quickly understood everywhere? How else
can thinkers from nearly three thousand
language groups consult in fairness to each
other?
Esperanto was especially designed as a
streamlined, world language, a second tongue
for everybody. It is the easiest of all cul-
tural languages and can be learned in a frac-
tion of the time required for any other
language. It belongs to the whole world,
and has been sponsored by many nations.
Esperanto has bridged language differ-
ences successfully in correspondence, in
cablegrams, in the press, in radio, in sound
films, in reports, in the proceedings of inter-
national congresses, and in the furtherance
of international movements.
Esperanto is nationally neutral, its flag
recalls no invader. In the coming recon-
struction, Esperanto should be a definite aid
to global understanding.