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Excerpt from The Phonographic Magazine, 1911 To carry this ambitious program into effect it was necessary first of all to decide upon a method of re producing phonographic characters in print which Should be distinct and clear, and at the same time sufficiently moderate in cost to hold out a prospect of the publications yielding a living profit. Before leaving England, Benn Pitman had given a pledge to Isaac Pitman to establish in America, as soon as practicable, a phonetic magazine in the corresponding style and another in the reporting style. To fulfil this promise promptly was his strongest desire....