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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…

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The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is…
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices…
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but…
What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.
Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.
A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the…
A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative…
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.
A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping…
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness…
Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural…
Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they…

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