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Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others. — William Safire Copy Share Image
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If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language… This plan would… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
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Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers… — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
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