... Contrast breathe and breath, lath and lathe; and bath and baths, lath and laths, etc.S has two sounds, one its own sound, as in sin, kiss, fist (the same as c in lace, rice, etc.), and the sound ... another, and a good knowledge and command of language would not bemuch of a recommendation to a business man who wants a good assistant. But when a few have come in andby their superior command of ... in nearly all fine and high-grade forms of manufacture---fine pottery,fine carpets and rugs, fine cloth, fine bronze and other art wares. In our language, too, we are hasty, andtherefore imperfect....