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kind of sixth sense which enables him to divine which of
several readings is correct. Even the perusal of the
classical language, therefore, requires long preparation.
Composition is still more of a task. Few Occidentals have
achieved an acceptable style and many a modern Chinese
who is the finished product of the present-day curriculum
is far from adept.
The concluding observation of Carothers is that genetic
studies of human groups offer no certainty and very small
data, indeed, compared to cultural and environmental
approaches. My suggestion is that cultural ecology has a
reasonably stable base in the human sensorium, and that any
extension of the sensorium by technological dilation has a quite
appreciable effect in setting up new ratios or proportions
among all the senses. Languages being that form of