Growth of language

 Language is a growth rather than a creation. The growth in our vocabulary is seen in the vast increase in size of our dictionaries during the past century. This growth is not only in amount, but among other elements of growth the written forms of words are becoming simpler and more uniform. For example, compare English spelling of a century or two centuries ago with that of to-day ! It is our duty to encourage and advance the movement toward simple, uniform and rational spelling. See the .recommendations of the Philological Society of London, and of the American Fhi^oicgical Association, and list ot amended spellings, publisht in the Century Dictionary (fallowing the letter z), and also in the Standard Dictionary, Webster's Die- ^ tionary, and other authoritative works on language. The tendency is to drop silent letters in .bwre of die mott flagrant instances, as ugh from though, etc., change ed to t in most places where o pronounced (where ittloes not affect the preceding sound), etc.