Without Language, Thought Is A Vague, Uncharted

In General, The Philological Movement Opened Up Countless Sources Relevant To Linguistic Issues, Treating Them In Quite A Different Spirit From Traditional Grammar; For Instance, The Study Of Inscriptions And Their Language. But Not Yet In The Spirit Of Linguistics.

Written Forms Obscure Our View Of Language. They Are Not So Much A Garment As A Disguise.

Language Furnishes The Best Proof That A Law Accepted By A Community Is A Thing That Is Tolerated And Not A Rule To Which All Freely Consent.

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

Psychologically Our Thought-apart From Its Expression In Words-is Only A Shapeless And Indistinct Mass.