Note 43 — Chapter I · THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.
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Dr. Whewell, Hist. of Ind. Science, iii. 504. A host of eminent authorities, from Bacon down to Sir John Herschel, have said the same thing;—hitherto, alas, in vain! See Herschel’s Letter to Dr. Pye Smith. Mill’s Dissert. i. 435-461. Renan, Hist. Rel. xxvii. Charma, p. 248.