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... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
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... Words are not important , but their mean- ings , and it is of no spiritual advantage that I can see to know half - a - dozen languages . I have met polyglots ; I have not noticed that they were wiser than the rest of us . It is ...
... Words are not important , but their mean- ings , and it is of no spiritual advantage that I can see to know half - a - dozen languages . I have met polyglots ; I have not noticed that they were wiser than the rest of us . It is ...
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... words on paper at all , and when they are there , out of his own brain , if not straight from heaven , he looks upon them as sacred . He cannot bear to sacrifice one of them . I well remember Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his ...
... words on paper at all , and when they are there , out of his own brain , if not straight from heaven , he looks upon them as sacred . He cannot bear to sacrifice one of them . I well remember Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his ...
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