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more thorough.[1] For this reason and also that this language cannot be learned simply as a matter of rote, but demands the exercise of the thinking and reasoning powers,[2] Esperanto ought to be taught in all schools.
- ↑ A remark made by a student during one lesson was "Well, if we don't learn Esperanto, we shall learn English."
- ↑ To convince an opponent or a doubter of this, tell him that utila" means "useful," and "mal" denotes the contrary: then ask what "malutila" means. The answer will almost certainly be " useless." Then show that the contrary of a good quality is not merely the absence of that quality, but is bad quality, and therefore the contrary of useful" is "harmful".
