Ocupation: Philologist
Life: October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900
Birthday: October 15
Death: August 25
Wherever primitive man put up a word, he believed he had made a discovery. How utterly mistaken he really was! He had touched a problem, and while supposing he had solved it, he had created and obstacle to its solution. Now, with every new knowledge we stumble over flint-like and petrified words and, in so doing, break a leg sooner than a word.
topic: Men, Break A Leg, Discovery, Supposing, Primitive Man, New Knowledge