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Excerpt from Lichtentag Paragon Shorthand: A Vast Improvement in the Art of Shorthand; Seven Easy Lessons The preface which follows was written for the first edition of Paragon Shorthand which appeared in the year 1906. Since that time thousands of copies have been used and Paragon Shorthand now counts its devotees in almost every part of the civilized globe where there are English-speaking people. The author is in possession of stacks of letters from students of Paragon, many of whom previously wrote some other system, expressing complete satisfaction with Paragon Shorthand and setting forth that the system has more than fulfilled every claim made for it. Business schools are now using this book and Boards of Education of various cities have adopted it for their High Schools, discarding the systems previously taught. Journals of the shorthand profession are now beginning to publish editorials and articles by expert reporters, which support the correctness of the principle on which Paragon Shorthand is founded: That speed in writing shorthand is more a matter of manual dexterity than the result of the use of an abundance of expedients for contracting the writing, special short cuts, etc.; all of which hinder speed because they cause a tremendous mental friction and do not leave the hand free to proceed unhampered and unimpeded. 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.