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1. this new knowledge makes us discover more about our own language2. not only day-by-day communication, but for preserving the community from generation to generation.
individuals die, but the culture which flows through them,and which they help to create and to change, is all but immortal.
without words the flow would cease, the culture whither a way3. an ever-open door to ever-greater mental growth. practically all the wisdom of the world is in books.
therefore, no matter how busy you may think you are. you must find time for reading now, or you must surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.