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29 oktobr/11 novembr 1908
A s. prof. G. Peano in Turin
Sinior multe estimed!
Usk sitempe sirkular de s. Holmes di votr selektasion kuale direktor de Akademi no ankor aparav; ma it aparero serte e mi es konvinsied, ke vo es direktor, e ke it es temp konvenabl komunikar a vo, kekos s. prof. Couturat skribav a mi in yuli 1908 di fusion eventual de Komitet de Délégation e nostr Akademi. Mi mit a vo kopi (deskribad) de sie letr d. 14 yuli 1908, in kel s. Cout. skrib intr otri, ke kolaborasion de nostr instituti es desirabl, ke Délégation av intension instituar sue Akademi pro perfeksion de lingu, noun element de kel es konsidered fiksed, e ke ili komensero organisasion de Association International aproksimative in oktobr. — Et noi komens organisasion nov de nostr Akademi. Posible moment pro fusion de ist du instituti es favorabl.
Mi pens, ke, if vo konsent ko prinsipi de s. Cout., vo kontinuero ist korespondens, e no mi. Pro ist kasu mi volu adyunktar, ke et sekuantu mie opinion, fusion1 es desirabl e mi pens, ke it es posibl, no in manier proposed per s. Molenaar, ma personale. Mi pens ke it es posibl, ke membri de nostr Akademi deveni membri de Komitet (u Komision Permanent u Akademi nov) de Délégation; otrflanke mi truv, ke it es multe desirabl, ke membri de Komitet de Délégation deveni membri de nostr Akademi, vo aut es membr prim in omni du instituti. If it es tale, mi no vis kaus sufisik pro kreasion de Akademi nov; noi deb proposar a Komitet intrar in corpore in nostr Akademi, kel av statuti bonA e plasi sufisik pro omni membri de Komitet (mi no konos kuant membri it av, ma it es irelevant), ipse pro s. JespersenB sekuantu §6; sine dubi omni membr de Komitet potes intrar sekuantu §6, if omni plasi normal es ya okuped.
On no deb timar §15, kel potes esar interpreted per Akademi (cf. §16 de Regulativi) if Akademi kontinu labor, it okupero se in kompletifikasion e plubonifikasion de I.N.; inventor de I. N. es Akademi aut.
In omni kasu du instituti, kuale on vis in letri de s. Cout., av ist sem tendens; ili no deb damnifikar se resiproke, ma sukursar unotre. Akademi, kuale institut bon, no deb esar anuled, ma konserved. Kekos s. Couturat dik di feblitet de Akademi — es ver: it no av problem de propagand, it no av propaged sue lingu e it no av suport sufisik in publik, ma it resiverio it nemediate, if it poteserio laborar ko Délégation. — Mi no konos votr proyekt nov de Regulativi, ekslabored ko s. Monkar; ma mi pens, ke in omni kasu, if vo proposero kolaborasion a s. Couturat, ist proyekt deb esar monstred a il; sine dubi s. Couturat es organisator perfekt e propagandist multe apt.
Regrete mi no konos detali de votr proyekt de organisasion de diurnal de Akademi. S. BontoC skrib a mi, ke il desir fusion de diurnali 1) Progres, 2) Idéi int. 3) Kor. Int. e il desir akseptar et publikasion de votr sirkulari. Eske vo av konsented pro tal kombinasion e ki esero otr sekretar?
Mi resignero editar Progres in anu 1909, ma sole favoru organ de Akademi. — Mi preg multe avisar mi di votre intensioni.
Ko respekt grand e saluti kordial votr serv leplu devot
Rosenberger
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A Mi dubi, ke Délégation ekslaborero statuti plu libr; otrflanke, if nostr Akademi kolabor ko Délégation e if on voluero mutar kelkun paragraf, it esero plu fasil kovokar Kongres Internasional.
B Mi pens, ke s. Jespersen no esav selekted kuale president de Komitet, in omni kasu il no es (u il no ankor es) direktor de Akademi.
C It es regretabl, ke Bonto sekuantu sue manier brusk no av relasioni bon a prof. Couturat.
29 October/11 November, 1908
To Prof. G. Peano in Turin
Highly esteemed Sir!
So far, the circular from Mr. Holmes regarding your selection as director of the Academy has not yet appeared; but it will certainly appear, and I am convinced that you are the director, and that it is an appropriate time to communicate to you something that Prof. Couturat wrote to me in July 1908 about a possible merger of the Committee of the Délégation and our Academy. I am attaching a copy (transcription) of his letter dated 14 July 1908, in which Mr. Couturat writes, among other things, that collaboration of our institutes is desirable, that the Délégation intends to establish its own Academy for the perfection of the language, no element of which is considered fixed, and that they will begin organizing the International Association approximately in October. — We also are beginning the new organization of our Academy. Perhaps the moment for a merger of these two institutes is favorable.
I think that if you agree with the principles proposed by Mr. Couturat, you will continue this correspondence, not me. In this case, I would like to add that, in my opinion, a merger is desirable and I believe it is possible, not in the manner proposed by Mr. Molenaar, but personally. I believe it is possible for members of our Academy to become members of the Committee (or Permanent Commission or new Academy) of the Delegation; on the other hand, I find it very desirable for members of the Committee of the Délégation to become members of our Academy, with you being the first member of both institutes. If this is the case, I do not see a sufficient reason for the creation of a new Academy; we should propose to the Committee to enter in corpore into our Academy, which has good statutes and enough spaces for all members of the Committee (I do not know how many members it has, but it is irrelevant), even for Mr. Jespersen, according to §6; without a doubt, every member of the Committee can join according to §6, if all regular positions are already occupied.
One should not fear §15, which can be interpreted by the Academy (cf. §16 of the Regulativi); if the Academy continues the work, it will focus on completing and improving Idiom Neutral; the inventor of Idiom Neutral is the Academy itself.
In any case, both institutes, as seen in Mr. Couturat’s letter, have the same tendency; they should not harm each other, but support one another. The Academy, as a good institution, should not be annulled, but preserved. What Mr. Couturat says about the weaknesses of the Academy is true: it has no task of propaganda, it has not promoted its language, and it does not have sufficient public support, but it would receive it immediately if it could work with the Délégation. — I do not know the details of your new plan for the Regulativi, worked out with Mr. Monkar; but I think, in any case, if you propose collaboration to Mr. Couturat, this plan should be shown to him; undoubtedly, Mr. Couturat is a perfect organizer and a very capable propagandist.
Unfortunately, I do not know the details of your plan for organizing the Academy's journal. Mr. Bonto writes to me that he desires the fusion of the journals 1) Progres, 2) Idei international, 3) Korespondens Internasional, and he wants also to accept the publishing of your circulars. Have you agreed to such a combination, and who will be the other secretary?
I will resign from editing Progres in 1909, but only in favor of the Academy’s organ. — I kindly ask you to inform me of your intentions.
With great respect and cordial greetings, your most devoted servant,
Rosenberger
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A I doubt that the Delegation will work out freer statutes; on the other hand, if our Academy collaborates with the Delegation and if they want to change some paragraphs, it will be easier to convene an International Congress.
B I think Mr. Jespersen has not been elected as president of the Committee; in any case, he is not (or is not yet) the director of the Academy.
C It is regrettable that Bonto, due to his brusque manner, does not have good relations with Prof. Couturat.
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1 Fusion is not attested in either the 1902 or Reform-Neutral (1912) dictionary; however, see: fusion (e f d), fusión (s), fusione (i).
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