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business, very few of them ever learn enough of it to receive
rehgious instruction in it. Tliere is no other way but to seek
each group in its o\^^l tongue. This means that every mis-
sionary who survives long enough must learn from one to five
languages. The multitude of languages complicates the ques-
Tamil Aiio-lo-Saxon Chinese
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tion of providing literature. Dictionaries must be compiled,
Bibles and other books must be translated, and hymns must
be written. There are no tools read}^ at hand, but everything
must he made new, not in one tongue only, but in many.
The second great difficulty to be met is that of the various
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