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 of the language with which I was occupied at this or the other minute, and was becoming imbued with its own spirit, its own life, a properly defined and clearly expressed physiognomy Independent of any other influence.

" My speech flowed of itself flexibly, gracefully, and quite freely, just as my living native language. ..

"I had left the University and begun my medical practice; now I began to consider the public outcome of my labour. I had prepared the manuscript of my first brochure, " An International Language, by Dr. Esperanto," and begun to seek for a publisher. For two years I looked in vain. And when indeed I had found one, he spent half a year in preparing my brochure for publication, and finally —refused.

" At length, after strenuous efforts, I sueceeded in publishing the brochure myself in July, 1887."

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Rimarko.—''La uzado de la artikolo estas tia sama, kiel en la aliaj lingvoj. La personoj, por kiuj la uzado de la artikolo prezentas malfacilaĵon, povas en la unua tempo tute ĝin ne uzi.''

(2) La substantivoj havas la finiĝon o. Por la formado de la multenombro oni aldonas la finiĝon j. Kazoj ekzistas nur du: nominativo kaj akuzativo; la lasta estas ricevata el la nominativo per la aldono de la finiĝo n.