One can point to a variety of quotations from the writings of our American linguists, that seem to substantiate the views that these linguists not only condemn the 'use of meaning' in linguistic analysis (as indicated in the quotation from Carroll), but (as indicated in the quotation from Firth) even refuse to treat 'meaning'. Concerning the supposed refusal to treat 'meaning', quotations such as the following have sometimes been offered in evidence.