We let our vocabularies be limited, and get along rawly without the refinements of human intercourse, without refinements in our own thoughts; for thoughts are almost as dependent on words as words on thoughts.

我们让我们的词汇量有限，没有人际交往的精致，没有我们自己思想的精致，粗野地相处；因为思想几乎依赖于文字，就像文字依赖于思想一样。