How truly language must be regarded as a hindrance to thought, though the necessary instrument of it, we … - Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer

How truly language must be regarded as a hindrance to thought, though the necessary instrument of it, we shall clearly perceive on remembering the comparative force with which simple ideas are communicated by signs. To say, "Leave the room," is less expressive than to point to the door. Place a finger on the lips is more forcible than whispering, "Do not speak. " A beck of the hand is better than, "Come here. " No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

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