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This is the way I write. I could, of course, substitute "This is the way I write" with an apparent gain in brevity; but as a matter of fact it takes longer to contract. Writing shorthand with the maximum of contraction is like coding telegrams: unless one is in constant practice it takes longer to devise the contractions than to write in full; and I now never think of contracting except by ordinary logograms.

Ts s h wy I wt. I cd o cr ssti "Ts s h wy I wt" wi an apar gn n bry; bt z a mtr o fc it taks longr t ctra. Wrig s/hd wi h mx o ctrah s lk codg t/lgs: uls 1 s n cstan pr it taks longr t dvis h ctrahs tn t wt n fu; d I nw nvr th o ctrag xcep by ordy l/grs.