
204 – Journey to the Center of the Earth
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The Savants of the 16th Century Writed in Lenten
In this document, there are 132 letters, 77 consonants, and 55 vowels. This is the proportion found in southern languages; northern tongues are much richer in consonants. But what language is it? Here I looked for a display of learning, but I met instead with profound analysis. The sacknissum was a very well-informed man. And since he was not writing in his own mother tongue, he would naturally select that which was currently adopted by the choice spirits of the 16th century. It is Lenten confused and disordered. If you can bring order out of that confusion, my dear uncle, you are a clever man.
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