ABSTRACT
In any attempt to rank according to importance the various social institutions which have been evolved in the course of human life, first place must undoubtedly be given to language. Second place may possibly be assigned to government, but in close competition for recognition as of equal, if not greater, importance is the number system. When the part which number plays in modern mechanics and in the adjustment of all kinds of human relations is considered, it is evident that counting and calculating are among man’s most significant achievements.
