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||A t the same moment that God commanded light into being, language became the defining force in the universe. All wars, rebellions, and revolutions have been led, not by soldiers, but by intellectuals. To the Hebrew slaves in Egypt was the author of their history, Moses. To America and France were the humanists and the almighty press. To Russia was given Lenin's interpretation of Marx. To China, Mao's. India's freedom would not have come without the sainted politician Ghandi. And in South Africa, credit is due to the journalists who chronicled every event.
It has been known throughout history that the most powerful force in the universe cannot be seen directly. To scientists it is the host of subatomic particles. To economists, it is the never-ending trade routes and the exchange of currency. To the religious it is God. To the humanist it is the idea. But all of these have one weakness for being the underlying force behind the world: all require a medium to communicate the idea: language.
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