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for man has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children; while no child has an instinctive tendency to brew, bake, or write.

one of the founders of the noble science of philology observes, language is an art, like brewing or baking; but writing would have been a better simile.

“an instinctive tendency to acquire an art,”
表达欲和交流欲是人类的天性，在这种天性下，形成了同样具有本性的语言。只是语言，是一种艺术的自然产物。