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Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
