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No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
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.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
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.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Language is wine upon the lips.
Language is wine upon the lips.
