Double
Vowels) the number of leading Vowel representations is carried up to
Twelve (12) or Thirteen (13)--which may then be regarded as the
Completed Fundamental Vowel Scale of the Universal Lingual Alphabet.

_There are, in like manner, Seven (7)--or Eight (8)--Leading Realities
of the Universe_, AND OF EVERY MINOR SPHERE OR DOMAIN OF BEING IN THE
UNIVERSE, _which correspond with, echo or repeat, and are therefore the
Scientific Analogues of, these Seven (7) Leading Vowel-Sounds, as they
occur among the Elements of Speech_.

In representing the Vowel-Sounds, it is better, for numerous reasons, to
use the letters with their general _European_ Values, than it is to
conform to their altered or corrupted _English_ Values. For instance,
the Vowel I (i) is pronounced in nearly every language of Europe, and in
all those languages which the Missionaries have reduced to writing, as
we pronounce _e_ or _ee_, or as _i_ in mach_i_ne, or p_i_que; E (e) is
pronounced as we enunciate _a_ in paper; and A is reserved for the full
Italian sound of _a_ (_ah_), as in father; _U_ is pronounced like _oo_,
as in German, Spanish, Italian and many other languages.

The Seven (7) Vowels in question are then as follows:

1. I, i (_ee_ in f_ee_l).
2. E, e (_a_ in m_a_te).
3. A, a (_a_ in f_a_-ther).
4. _o_, _o_ (_aw_ in _aw_ful).
5. _u_, _u_ (_u_ in c_u_rd).
6. O, o (_o_ in n_o_-ble).
7. U, u (_oo_ in f_oo_l).

These sounds are produced in the middle, at the back, and at the front
of the mouth respectively. These localities, and something of the nature
of the sounds themselves, as _slender_ or _full_, will be plainly
illustrated by the annexed figure:

3. Front- 1. Middle- 2. Back-
Mouth Mouth Mouth

ou i e (^a) a; _o_ _u_

The following description of the organic formation or production of
these sounds now becomes important.

The Vowel-Sound I (ee) is the most slender and condensed of the
Vowel-Scale. It is produced at the middle or central part of the mouth,
by forcing a slight, closely-squeezed current of Sounding Breath,
through a small, smooth channel or opening made by forming _a gutter or
scoop of the flattened point of the tongue_; while, at the same time,
the tongue is applied at the edges to the teeth and gums. This sound
has, therefore, an actual _form_ resembling that of a thread or line; or
still better, like that of a wire drawn through one of the iron