, but have numerous connoisseurs me
assured that I her write like an angel. Maybe--maybe--I know not. Have
till now no acquaintance with the angels had. That comes later--when it
the dear God please--it has no hurry.

Since long, my gentlemen, have I the passionate longing nursed a speech
on German to hold, but one has me not permitted. Men, who no feeling
for the art had, laid me ever hindrance in the way and made naught my
desire--sometimes by excuses, often by force. Always said these men to
me: "Keep you still, your Highness! Silence! For God's sake seek another
way and means yourself obnoxious to make."

In the present case, as usual it is me difficult become, for me the
permission to obtain. The committee sorrowed deeply, but could me
the permission not grant on account of a law which from the Concordia
demands she shall the German language protect. Du liebe Zeit! How so had
one to me this say could--might--dared--should? I am indeed the
truest friend of the German language--and not only now, but from long
since--yes, before twenty years already. And never have I the desire
had the noble language to hurt; to the contrary, only wished she to
improve--I would her only reform. It is the dream of my life been.
I have already visits by the various German governments paid and for
contracts prayed. I am now to Austria in the same task come. I would
only some changes effect. I would only the language method--the
luxurious, elaborate construction compress, the eternal parenthesis
suppress, do away with, annihilate; the introduction of more than
thirteen subjects in one sentence forbid; the verb so far to the front
pull that one it without a telescope discover can. With one word, my
gentlemen, I would your beloved language simplify so that, my gentlemen,
when you her for prayer need, One her yonder-up understands.

I beseech you, from me yourself counsel to let, execute these mentioned
reforms. Then will you an elegant language possess, and afterward, when
you some thing say will, will you at least yourself understand what you
said had. But often nowadays, when you a mile-long sentence from you
given and you yourself somewhat have rested, then must you have a
touching inquisitiveness have yourself to determine what you actually
spoken have. Before several days has the correspondent of a local paper
a sentence constructed which hundred and twelve words contain, and
therein were seven parentheses smuggled in, and the subjec