Date of Award
6-1929
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
English
First Advisor
William M. Murphy
Second Advisor
William J. Grace
Abstract
One manifestation of man's superiority over the rest of the animal kingdom consists in the power of communicating thought by means of speech. At first when all mankind dwelt together, a spoken language was sufficient to meet the demands. When, however, the human race began to disperse over the earth, another means of communication was found necessary. Consequently, the art of writing was introduced, crude at first, but gaining in ease, grace, and speed through the ages, until it reached the acme of its perfection. To the literary art the whole commonwealth of other arts must bow down am resign the palm, since without it, oratory, philosophy, poetry, or song, are one and all bereft of many lasting a lasting charm. Inventions of today excite within us astonishment and awe, but though they supplement, they can never supersede the art of writing. It is to writing alone that thousands are indebted to for much of the pleasure of their existence. To it we owe the social intercourse of words, the sweet communications of sentiment. By it we express the language of the heart. Shorthand may be regarded as the pinnacle of the edifice of writing.
Recommended Citation
Preuss, Selma O., "The History of the Evolution of Shorthand" (1929). Bachelors’ Theses. 1434.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1434
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Comments
A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.