Excerpt from American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, 1859, Vol. 11 Neither, in our View, does it make any difference, either in the facts, or in the logical conclusions from them, if the word represents some general or abstract idea, -govern ment, for instance. When the deaf-mute, or the speaking person ceases to attach correct ideas to that or any other word, he ceases to know, (if he ever did know, ) its mean ing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.