BeforeconcludingIshouldwishtodealalittlemorefullywithProfessorMaxMuller’scontentionthattherecanbenoreasonwithoutlanguage，andnolanguagewithoutreason。Surelywhentwopractisedpugilistsarefighting，parryingeachother’sblows，andwatchingkeenlyforanunguardedpoint，theyarethinkingandreasoningverysubtlythewholetime，withoutdoingsoinwords。
Themachinationoftheirthoughts，aswellasitsexpression，isactual——Imean，effectuatedandexpressedbyactionanddeed，notwords。Theyareunawareofanylogicalsequenceofthoughtthattheycouldfollowinwordsaspassingthroughtheirmindsatall。
Theymayperhapsthinkconsciouslyinwordsnowandagain，butsuchthoughtwillbeintermittent，andthemainpartofthefightingwillbedonewithoutanyinternalconcomitanceofarticulatedphrases。
Yetwecannotdoubtthattheiraction，howevermuchwemaydisapproveofit，isguidedbyintelligenceandreason；norshouldwedoubtthatareasoningprocessofthesamecharactergoesoninthemindsoftwodogsorfighting-cockswhentheyarestrivingtomastertheiropponents。
Dowethinkinwords，again，whenwewindupourwatches，putonourclothes，oreatourbreakfasts？Ifwedo，itisgenerallyaboutsomethingelse。Wedothesethingsalmostasmuchwithoutthehelpofwordsaswewinkoryawn，orperformanyofthoseotheractionsthatwecallreflex，asitwouldalmostseembecausetheyaredonewithoutreflection。Theyarenot，however，thelessreasonablebecausewordless。