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No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.
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.
I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]
I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]
I speak two languages, Body and English.
I speak two languages, Body and English.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
