Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Wilhelm Tell, Vol. 1 of 4
One learns a language well and quickly in a country where it is used, because one has multitudes of interesting objects, events, and ideas plainly and repeatedly presented to him, coupled with corresponding series of accurately uttered or written phrases, in appropriate se quence or in coexistence. There are, however, many languages which are no longer spoken; and the opportunity to learn to speak a living language in a country where it is spoken, or from those who elsewhere speak it, is com paratively rare. Moreover, freedom and variety of expression are derived largely from liter ature. Indeed, the immediate or ultimate purpose is often to learn to read rather than to learn to speak. Furthermore, perhaps every student finds it, convenient or necessary to do much of his studying by himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
