I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population.

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

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

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.

Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all, and, as is generally the case with impatience, resolves itself in the easiest way that lies ready to hand.