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Were A Language Ever Completely "grammatical" It Would Be A Perfect Engine Of Conceptual Expression. Unfortunately, Or Luckily, No Language Is Tyrannically Consistent. All Grammars Leak.

A Common Creation Demands A Common Sacrifice, And Perhaps Not The Least Potent Argument In Favour Of A Constructed International Language Is The Fact That It Is Equally Foreign, Or Apparently So, To The Traditions Of All Nationalities.

Language Is An Anonymous, Collective And Unconscious Art; The Result Of The Creativity Of Thousands Of Generations.

The Spirit Of Logical Analysis Should In Practice Blend With The Practical Pressure For The Adoption Of Some Form Of International Language, But It Should Not Allow Itself To Be Stampeded By It.

Cultural Anthropology Is Not Valuable Because It Uncovers The Archaic In The Psychological Sense. It Is Valuable Because It Is Constantly Rediscovering The Normal.