...against authority. " A more lying, roundabout, puzzle-headed delusion than that by which we confuse the clear instincts of truth in our accursed system of spelling was never concocted by the father of lies," growled the author of " My Novel," who must have had a deal of trouble with his alphabet before...

...thus to the ear, гее-eh-tee compose cat ? Don't they rather compose the sound see-eh-té or ceaty? How can a system of education flourish that begins...which the sense of hearing suffices to contradict? No wonder that the horn-book is the despair of mothers." Upon this passage, the autobiographer remarks,...

...roundabout, puzzle-headed delusion г than that by which we- confuse the clear instincts of truth by our accursed system of spelling was never concocted...falsehood. How can a system of .education flourish which begins by go monstrous.a falsehood (as see-eh-tee, eat) which the sense of hearing auffices to...