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It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless.

Lewis Mumford

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Nicht umsonst ist das Wort das wichtigste Spielzeug und Werkzeug des Menschen geblieben: Ohne die Bedeutungen und Werte, die es bewahrt, wären alle anderen Werkzeuge des Menschen wertlos.

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