It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to the heart of the nationalist.

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group.

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.

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 would be naïve to imagine that any analysis of experience is dependent on pattern expressed in language. Any concept, whether or not it forms part of the system of grammatical categories, can be conveyed in any language. If a notion is lacking in a given series, it implies a different configuration and not a lack of expressive power.