But language would not be this efficacious instrument were it not that it takes place upon a background of coarser and more tangible use of physical means to accomplish results.
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- 如果我们不先用比较粗糙和可以捉摸的方法,运用物质工具借以获得结果,作为语言的背景,语言就不能成为有效的工具。