The first thing about anyone is his name. A human person is born into the world, and almost immediately a word is chosen to denote him. Not a number, not a sign, not a shape - but a word. And that word becomes everyone’s way of saying who he is. For all of his lifetime that word is used to indicate him. By means of it, he says, "This is I." By means of it, others say, "That is he." In a very real sense the word equals the person, stands for him as his equivalent. This is so very true that I can say, "I am Leonard Mann." Who am I? What am I? This I am: Leonard Mann.

The word assigned to denote an individual person is always the only total representation of him. When you say that a certain fellow is six feet tall - or three feet wide - you have made a representation in regard to his size. B…