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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 finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
