In A Sense, Every Form Of Expression

It Is Quite An Illusion To Imagine That One Adjusts To Reality Essentially Without The Use Of Language And That Language Is Merely An Incidental Means Of Solving Specific Problems Of Communication Or Reflection.

The Attitude Of Independence Toward A Constructed Language Which All National Speakers Must Adopt Is Really A Great Advantage, Because It Tends To Make Man See Himself As The Master Of Language Instead Of Its Obedient Servant.

Human Beings Do Not Wish To Be Modest; They Want To Be As Expressive - That Is, As Immodest - As Fear Allows; Fashion Helps Them Solve That Paradoxical Problem.

As A Matter Of Fact, A National Language Which Spreads Beyond Its Own Confines Very Quickly Loses Much Of Its Original Richness Of Content And Is In No Better Case Than A Constructed Language.

A Second Type Of Direct Evidence Is Formed By Statements, Whether As Formal Legends Or Personal Information, Regarding The Age Or Relative Sequence Of Events In Tribal History Made By The Natives Themselves.