Books and Alphabets
Julian Huxley traces the development of writing and language, and expounds on its meaning for humanity.
There are many objects which take their names from places or people—mostly concerned with adornment like “turquoise”, with special kinds of clothing material like “damask” and “muslin”, or with eating and drinking, like “damson”, “mocha” (especially in French), “jeroboam”, and “turkey”.
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