The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

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.

Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.

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.

National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.

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.

A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him.