Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.

语言具有一种意义，这种意义在他们所欠的东西的情况过去很久之后，还会长久地依附在他们身上。

-- Joseph Barber Lightfoot 莱特富特