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Combinations Quotes

Short lines on building blocks

These quotes use combinations in very different settings - describing a phonetic writing system built from hooks and circles, and calling family units the earliest social combinations humanity ever formed.

Diphthongs are indicated by combinations of hooks and circles.

Quotes by John Robert Gregg

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

Quotes by Cotton Mather

Frequently Asked Questions

What technical topic does the first quote describe?
It explains how a shorthand or phonetic system represents certain vowel sounds using shapes like hooks and circles.
What does the second quote call the earliest human combinations?
It describes families as the original social grouping from which larger societies grew.
Are these two quotes from the same field?
No, one is linguistic and technical while the other is a broader social observation.
What does combinations mean in the linguistics quote?
It refers to how symbols are paired together to represent specific sounds.
What philosophical idea does the family quote express?
It suggests society itself grows outward from the small unit of the family.

One is technical and linguistic, the other philosophical, yet both treat combination as a building block of something larger.