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http://www.archive.org/stream/groundworkscien01mivagoog/groundworkscien01mivagoog_djvu.txt - animals, then it must be admitted that a difference of kind is thereby demonstrated to exist be- tween them and ourselves. But there is one other question which requires very special care in its examination. It is plain that, as a rule, all men speak while animals are dumb. A special consideration is therefore demanded for language. If it should prove that we have two sets of faculties (higher and lower), have we also two corresponding modes of ex- pression ? It is plain that we and animals make signs. It will be necessary, therefore, carefully to inquire and distin- guish as to what a sign really is, and, if there

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