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We See And Hear And Otherwise Experience Very Largely As We Do Because The Language Habits Of Our Community Predispose Certain Choices Of Interpretation.

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.

A Common Allegiance To Form Of Expression That Is Identified With No Single National Unit Is Likely To Prove One Of The Most Potent Symbols Of The Freedom Of The Human Spirit That The World Has Yet Known.

The Psychology Of A Language Which, In One Way Or Another, Is Imposed Upon One Because Of Factors Beyond One's Control, Is Very Different From The Psychology Of A Language Which One Accepts Of One's Free Will.

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.