Gerald James Whitrow Quote

Language itself inevitably introduced an element of permanence into the world. For, although speech itself is transitory, the conventionalized sound symbols of language transcended time.


Time in History: Views of Time from Prehistory to the Present Day (1988)


Language itself inevitably introduced an element of permanence into the world. For, although speech itself is transitory, the conventionalized sound...

Language itself inevitably introduced an element of permanence into the world. For, although speech itself is transitory, the conventionalized sound...

Language itself inevitably introduced an element of permanence into the world. For, although speech itself is transitory, the conventionalized sound...

Language itself inevitably introduced an element of permanence into the world. For, although speech itself is transitory, the conventionalized sound...