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something pleasant and engaging about the mathematical signs when
we do not understand them。 The mystery hidden in these things
has a fascination for us： we can't come across a printed page of
shorthand without being impressed by it and wishing we could read
it。
Very well； what I am offering for acceptance and adopting is
not shorthand； but longhand； written with the SHORTHAND ALPHABET
UNREACHED。 You can write three times as many words in a minute
with it as you can write with our alphabet。 And so； in a way； it
IS properly a shorthand。 It has a pleasant look； too； a
beguiling look； an inviting look。 I will write something in it；
in my rude and untaught way： ＇Figure 8＇
Even when _I_ do it it comes out prettier than it does in
Simplified Spelling。 Yes； and in the Simplified it costs one
hundred and twenty…three pen…strokes to write it； whereas in the
phonographic it costs only twenty…nine。
＇Figure 9＇ is probably ＇Figure 10＇。
Let us hope so； anyway。