my own Part, I am ſo ſcared at the Difficulties that multiply at every Step, and ſo convinced of the almoſt demonſtrated Impoſſibility of Languages owing their Birth and Eſtabliſhment to Means that were merely human, that I muſt leave to whoever may pleaſe to take it up, the Taſk of diſcuſſing this difficult Problem, "Which was the moſt neceſſary, Society already formed to invent Languages, or Languages already invented to form Society?"
But be the Caſe of theſe Origins ever ſo myſterious, we may at leaſt infer from the little care which Nature has taken to bring Men together by mutual Wants, and make the uſe of Speech eaſy to them, how little ſhe has done towards making them ſociable, and how little ſhe has contributed to any thing which they themſelves have done to become ſo. In fact, it is impoſſible to conceive,
