What liberty A loosened spirit brings!" =Many Languages in One Country.=--In this connection must be noted the effort of many to limit this "bequest" to the language of the country.
In another connection we have noted the difficulty that inheres in having many differing tongues in one community, the difficulty of reaching a common ideal and method of living when language is a barrier and not an aid to companionship.

This barrier of language to the foreign-born is often cited as a reason why the immigrant is handicapped.

It is also a reason why social efforts and religious influences often fail of success and why so many native-born Americans fail to understand the newer Americans.

If, as many prophesy, the English language becomes the standard tongue for business and diplomacy and literature, all the best products of every nation being made available by translation, at least, for those speaking English, it can become that ruling tongue only by slow degrees.

Meanwhile, the chasm between citizens of a common country made by differing languages may be bridged by far greater effort on the part of older Americans gifted in the use of foreign tongues.