INTRODUCTION
And this would certainly be true if Assyriologists were writing for one another only but their case is a little different in this matter from the case of metaphysicians or crytographers for the books of these men, unlike those of metaphysicians and mathematicians, are keenly desired to be read by ordinary mortals, the field is one of general interest and the works of these men the very best work done in the field. They have no right, therefore, to write only for one another and their books ought, it would seem, to be written either in the language of science, of history, or of the common folk—and preferably in the vernacular.
Moreover, while the right of a man to use any word in any sense that he pleases, even if it is contrary to the right and common sense, may not be denied, that right does not carry with it the right to deny the right of others to use in the right sense or in the common sense or
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