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Such a condition is found in the primitive Aryan languages as com- 

 pared with those of the Semitic group. The first people being the 

 critics, the natural philosophers and the explorers of ancient times, 

 also make use of Sectional endings. The latter being the egoistic, 

 emotional and monotheistic races of antiquity are likewise found to 

 use this secondary means. 



We shall now conclude with a short note on what might seem 

 an objection to the view that language arose from emotional 

 development. It might be supposed that, since the inarticulate 

 cries of animals are frequently indicative of pain, the sensuous 

 element would furnish a more natural motive. But an investigation 

 of the principles of emotional expression in the lower animals will 

 show that these cries were also used for the purpose of attracting 

 attention, especially between the sexes, and consequently would be 

 associated with the highest forms of pleasure. It may be further 

 noted, that it is in this form they possess the musical element, which 

 has been seen to form and element in inflection. Thus everything 

 seems to point to a natural and emotional primitive growth as the 

 origin of both language and inflection. 



