QUOTE:

“We know from history that the Teutons had practically only one language as late as the third and fourth century AD. During the time of Alfred, the Great, of England, men could go from England to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland and Germany, and the reverse, and be mutually understood in their own tongues.”

QUOTE:

“If all the Teutons united upon one easy, systematic union tongue, all would have a better language for home use, than they now have, and all would have the same reunited mother tongue. This union tongue would be more truly their “mother tongue” than any of the foreign mixed languages which we now have.”