The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864: Devoted To Literature And National PolicyVarious
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The wholeness or _Integrality_ of the structure then consists of the
composity of these Two (Limitismus and Substancismus), as the wholeness
of the Body consists of the Flesh and the Bone. The Consonants being the
Limitismus, and the Vowels the Substancismus of Language; the Two united
and coordinated comprise the Trinismal Integrality or Integralismus of
Speech.
The Vowels denote, then, _Reality_, as distinguished from _Limitation_,
or, what is nearly the same thing, _Substance_, as distinguished from
_Form_.
There are in all _Seven_ (7); or if we include one somewhat more obscure
than the rest, a kind of semi-tone, there are _Eight_ (8) full-toned,
perfectly distinct and primary Vowel-Sounds, which constitute the
Fundamental Vowel Scale of the Universal Alphabet. Their number and
nature is governed by the Mechanical Law of their organic production in
the mouth. And the number can only be increased by interposing minor
shades of sound, as we produce minor shades of color by blending the
Seven (7) Prismatic Colors. The new Sound will then belong, in
predominance and as a mere variety, to one of these Seven (7) Primary
Sounds.
These Seven (7) Sounds constitute the Leading Vowel-System of all
Languages; with certain irregularities of omission in the Vowel-System
of some Languages.
By the addition of Five (5) equally leading _Diphthongs_ (or Double
Vowels) the number of leading Vowel representations is carried up to
Twelve (12) or Thirteen (13)--which may then be regarded as the
Completed Fundamental Vowel Scale of the Universal Lingual Alphabet.
_There are, in like manner, Seven (7)--or Eight (8)--Leading Realities
of the Universe_, AND OF EVERY MINOR SPHERE OR DOMAIN OF BEING IN THE
UNIVERSE, _which correspond with, echo or repeat, and are therefore the
Scientific Analogues of, these Seven (7) Leading Vowel-Sounds, as they
occur among the Elements of Speech_.
In representing the Vowel-Sounds, it is better, for numerous reasons, to
use the letters with their general _European_ Values, than it is to
conform to their altered or corrupted _English_ Values. For instance,
the Vowel I (i) is pronounced in nearly every language of Europe, and in
all those languages which the Missionaries have reduced to writing, as
we pronounce _e_ or _ee_, or as _i_ in mach_i_ne, or p_i_que; E (e) is
pronounced as we enunciate _a_ in paper; and A is reserved for the full
Italian sound of _a_ (_ah_), as in father; _U_ is pronounced like _oo_,
as in German, Spanish, Italian and many other languages.
The Seven (7) Vowels in question are then as follows:
1. I, i (_ee_ in f_ee_l).
2. E, e (_a_ in m_a_te).
3. A, a (_a_ in f_a_-ther).
4. _o_, _o_ (_aw_ in _aw_ful).
5. _u_, _u_ (_u_ in c_u_rd).
6. O, o (_o_ in n_o_-ble).
7. U, u (_oo_ in f_oo_l).
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