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ALTHOUGH my writing master, who was an Englishman, taught me slanting letters which old habit still clings to, I approve highly what you say against it (NATURE, August 6, p. 325). Allow me to add some remarks on another side of that question. For many years pact I have had in succession several amanuenses, and my first care has always been to require a straight hand without any distinction between up and down strokes. These precepts and a few minor ones have been easily followed in all cases. I inclose a few lines copied from your interesting journal by a youth who does not understand English: he would have done this work with more care had he known that I wanted merely a sample. At all events it is most easy to read.
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D'ABBADIE, A. A Straight Hand. Nature 44, 444–445 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/044444e0
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