<i>An Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language</i> (London, 1668) is the best-remembered of the numerous works of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins" title="John Wilkins">John_Wilkins</a>, in which he expounds a new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/universal_language" class="extiw" title="en:universal language">en:universal language</a>,  meant primarily to facilitate international communication among scholars, but envisioned for use by diplomats, travelers, and merchants as well.
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