"The concept of ideographic writing is a most seductive notion. There is great appeal in the concept of written symbol…"

"In human history it seems that the idea of using a pictograph in the new function of representing sound may have occu…"

"With regard to the principle [of using symbols to represent sounds], it matters little whether the symbol is an elabo…"

"The term "ideographic" has been used not only by those who espouse its basic meaning but also by others who do not ne…"

"The Chinese system must be classified as a syllabic system of writing. More specifically, it belongs to the subcatego…"

"[R]eformers seeking to speed China's modernization by modernizing the writing system through a policy of digraphia ha…"

"I think there are three possible scenarios for the future of Chinese writing, in all of which the government plays a …"

"Scientific education is catholic; it embraces the whole field of human learning. No student can master all knowledge …"

"Honest investigation is but the application of common sense to the solution of the unknown. Science does not wait on …"

"Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libat…"