The firſt Language of Man, the moſt univerſal and moſt energetic of all Languages, in ſhort, the only Language he had Occaſion for, before there was a Neceſſity of perſuading aſſembled Multitudes, was the Cry of Nature. As this Cry was never extorted but by a Kind of Inſtinct in the moſt urgent Caſes, to implore Aſſiſtance in great Danger, or Relief in great Sufferings, it was of little uſe in the common Occurrences of Life, where more moderate Sentiments generally prevail. When the Ideas of Men began to extend and multiply, and a cloſer Communication began to take place among them, they laboured to deviſe more numerous Signs, and a more extenſive Language: they multiplied the Inflections of the Voice, and added to them Geſtures, which are, in their own Nature, more expreſſive, and whoſe Meaning depends leſs on any prior Determination. They therefore expreſſed viſible and moveable
