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The Deseret Alphabet—Brigham Young’s Most Expensive Failed Experiment

December 13, 2017 by Alyssa Bray Leave a Comment

“The advantages of this alphabet will soon be realized, especially by foreigners … It will also be very advantageous to our children. It will be the means of introducing uniformity in our orthography, and the years that are now required to learn to read and spell can be devoted to other studies." ~Brigham Young, delivered in the Salt Lake City Tabernacle on October 8th, … [Read more...]

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