Note 140 — Journaal
Reading edition
“The poorer women ... though never at school, they can all, or almost all, use the Corean alphabet, which is the most beautiful and complete we know; for one can learn it almost at a sitting” (Ross, Hist. Corea, bl. 315).—“... the Corean alphabet, for simplicity and utility, is the best known to me” (bl. 377).—Vgl. J. S. Gale, The Korean Alphabet. (Transactions Korea Branch R. A. S., IV, part I, 1912, bl. 13–61).—“La clarté de l’esprit coréen apparaît dans la belle impression des livres, dans la perfection de l’alphabet, le plus simple qui existe, dans la conception des caractères mobiles où il a atteint le premier ...” (M. Courant, Bibliographie coréenne, I, 1895, Introduction, bl. CLXXXVIII).