Language & Mentality chords by African Head Charge

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Verse 1
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The first step towards language was to link acoustically
or otherwise commutable signs to sense impressions.
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Most likely, all sociable animals have arrived
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at this primitive type of communication.
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a higher development is reached when further
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signs are introduced and   understood.
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If  language is to lead at all to
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understanding,
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there must be rules concerning the relation
between the signs on the one hand
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And on the other hand,
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there must be a stable correspondence between science and impression.
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When man becomes conscious of  the rules,
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for instance, search words as if or in,
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when language be  comes partially independent
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from the background of impression,
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a greater  inner coherence is gained.
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Has not everyone of us
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written for words?
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Has not everyone of  us
written for words?
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Language becomes an  instrument of reasoning in
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the true sense of the word.
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What is it that brings about such an intimate
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connection between language and thinking?
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Is there no thinking without
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the use of language?
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This makes us realize to  what extent the
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same language means the same mentality.
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In this sense, thinking and language are linked
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together.
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They created the spiritual tools for the technical revolu
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tion.
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Perfections of means and confusion of  goals,
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counting and measuring whose performance is
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sufficiently well -deterred.
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Has not every one
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of us tried it for worse?
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Has not every one of us tried it for worse?
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Language becomes an instrument of reasoning
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in  the true sense of the word.
Language
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not every one of us strutted for words?
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Language be  comes an instrument of reason
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ing in the true sense of the word.
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Has not every one of us
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strutted for words?
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Language becomes an instrument of reas
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oning in the true sense of the word.
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There is not every one of us
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created for words.
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Lan guage becomes an instrument of reasoning
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in    the true sense of the word.
There is not every one of us...
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