Our life is made up of words. It is through words that we give expression to our ideas and through words that we can keep in touch with other people. We may write for others to read or we may speak the words for others to her, but in either case it is through words that we have been able to pass on to others the thoughts that are in our minds. Are words quite necessary to highly developed state of thought? Are they necessary for the development of man to a state of increased knowledge and comfort? Can we, indeed, think without words? Much has been said and written on this last point, and some writers are quick to point out that we can think i8n pictures without the use of words. Others believe that our thoughts re dependent upon words, that we do not think of the thing itself but of the words representing the thing. Certainly, if we stop at any moment and ask : "What was I thinking of?" Then we find that we have been using words in our thoughts. The use of words is one great difference that sets man apart from other animals. It is true most living things seem to use sounds of some sort in their life with one another but they do not use language as man does. So far as we can judge from historical records, man continued to do so in a very early state of development until he began to speak. With the use of words he developed more quickly, and when he learned to write down the words his development increased at a very great rate. The written words seem necessary for the wide development of a people. With the written words ideas can be passed on quickly and knowledge, won by experience and hard work, can be passed on to others who can then use the knowledge for their own purposes. At first, the written words could be used only by a few as it was carefully and beautifully written by hand, and one copy only existed of each piece of writing. Now, however, thousands of copies of a book can be turned out in a very short time, and the thoughts and ides of one man can be read by millions. This has its dangers, of course, as well as its advantages for it may happen - and we have seen it happen - that a person with a powerful use of words can influence millions of people in the direction he desires.