We acquire the vocabulary which describes our own behavior under great difficulty. The verbal community which can easily teach a child to distinguish colors, for example, cannot with the same technique teach him to distinguish aches, pains, feelings, and emotions. (p. 301)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 19: Psychology in the Understanding of Mental Disease. Quote 5
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