... from foreign languages, it is well to remember that in nearly all languages besides the English, i, when accented, has the sound of the English long e, e when accented has the sound of English longa, ... may say that the mastery of the English language (or any language) is almost the task ofa lifetime. A few easy lessons will have no effect. We must form a habit of language study that will growupon ... Teutonic languages g is usually hard even before e, i, and y, but in Romancelanguages, or languages derived from the Latin, these vowels make the g and c soft.Th in French and other languages...