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Language is what makes us human, yet, where is comes from and how it works, nobody knows. Language is the hardest problem in science.
Standing at a well and feeling the water flow through her fingers Helen connected the tapping out of the letters with what she felt in her hands. W-a-t-e-r. Anne Sullivan, the governess who was to become “The Miracle Worker” cried tears of joy. On that first day of epiphanies, the little girl learned 30 words.
