Excerpt from Short-Hand for the People: Being a Comprehensive System of Stenography, Founded on a New Principle to Which Is Added, Short Arithmetic, Equally Simple, Easy and SwiftIt is the same in our Alphabet, both in type and manuscript, and it never happens that the same letters (or characters) represent five or six different syllables, or words. On the contrary, each combination has one fixed meaning, and no more; consequently, any person may decipher what has been written or printed by another.The inference to be drawn from these observations must be evident. The Author deems it conclusive and ventures to assert, that no system of short-hand will ever become general, which does not adopt a separate mark for every letter - and, as far as possible, give to every combination of those marks one definite signification.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.