Language. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Language


Language is always wise. Emerson.—Education.	1
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb! for I suppose he was dumb at the Creation, and must go around an entire circle in order to return to that blessed state. Hawthorne.—American Note-Books, April, 1841.	2
Language,—human language,—after all, is but little better than the croak and cackle of fowls and other utterances of brute nature,—sometimes not so adequate. Hawthorne.—American Note-Books, July 14, 1850.	3
Every language is a temple in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined. Holmes.—The Professor at the Breakfast Table, Chap. II.	4
Language!—the blood of the soul, Sir, into which our thoughts run and out of which they grow. Holmes.—The Professor of the Breakfast Table, Chap. II.	5
Language is the picture and counterpart of thought. Mark Hopkins.—Address, delivered at the dedication of Williston Seminary, Dec. 1, 1841.	6