Excerpt from A Shorthand Dictionary: Comprising a Complete Alphabetical Arrangement of All English Words, Written Without Vowels, Adapted to All Systems of Shorthand Writing Doubtless much of a junior's perplexity arises from indis tinct writing; but it must be admitted, that even when characters are properly formed, they are not always easily read, and for this reason thousands of business men who have acquired the ability for writing a little shorthand have had to give it up. Yet shorthand must be of great value to pro fessional and commercial men. It requires, for instance, twenty-one distinct strokes of the pen to write such a word as streams, and no less than seven for every I that is written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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