Note 1 — Chapter XXXVIII · EDUCATION AND CULTURE.
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Dr. D. Bethune McCartee, a well-known American scholar, writing on Riu Kiu, says: “The art of spelling was invented neither by the Chinese nor by the Japanese. Its introduction into both these countries (and, as we are convinced, into Corea as well) was the result of the labors of … the early Buddhist missionaries. In all the three countries … the system of spelling is most undoubtedly of Sanskrit origin.” ↑