'The official name of our species is homo sapiens; but there are many anthropologists who prefer to think of man as homo Fabcr-thc smith, the maker of tools It would be possible. I think, to reconcile these two definitions in a third. If man is a knower and an efficient doer, it is only because he is also a talker In order to be Faber and Sapiens, Homo must first be loquax, the loquacious one. Without language we should merely be hairless chimpanzees. Indeed \vc should be some thing much worse. Possessed of a high IQ but no language, we should be like the Yahoos of Gulliver's Travels- Creatures too clever to be guided by instinct, too Self-centered to live in a state of animal grace, and therefore condemned forever, frustrated and malignant, between contented ape hood and aspiring'humanity. It was language that made possible the accumulation of knowledge and the broadcasting of information. It was language that permitted the expression of religious insight, the formulation of ethical ideals, the codification to laws, It was language, in a word, that turned us into human beings and gave birth to civilization. (189)

Title: Language is cornerstone of civilization

Precis

Human beings are described in various concepts. Their survival is attributed to control their fate, environment by acquiring knowledge and speaking a language. Due to development of language they are able to utilize their wisdom to live in a dignified manner in the world and to make them differential able from animals . The language had been a source of knowledge that allowed human beings to have clear perceptions of life by promoting order in the world. It played role of precursor for human development. (85)