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The Business, Task Or Object Of The Scientific Study Of Languages Will If Possible Be 1) To Trace The History Of All Known Languages. Naturally This Is Possible Only To A Very Limited Extent And For Very Few Languages.

Time Changes All Things; There Is No Reason Why Language Should Escape This Universal Law

The Very Special Place That A Language Occupies Among Institutions Is Undeniable, But There Is Much More To Be Said-, A Comparison Would Tend Rather To Bring Out The Differences.

The Critical Principle Demanded An Examination, For Instance, Of The Contribution Of Different Periods, Thus To Some Extent Embarking On Historical Linguistics.

Nearly All Institutions, It Might Be Said, Are Based On Signs, But These Signs Do Not Directly Evoke Things.