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> [“Also of great importance in the discovery of linguistic phenomena that led to cryptanalysis was the development of lexicography.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kahn/also-of-great-importance-in-the-discovery-of-linguistic-phenomena/)

[David Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kahn/)

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> [I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of the earth, and that things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-am-not-yet-so-lost-in-lexicography-as-to-forget-that-words-are-the/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [With "marriage," the word gets applied to same-sex marriages by proponents and opponents alike. That means the word itself is changing, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kory-stamper/with-marriage-the-word-gets-applied-to-same-sex-marriages-by/)

[Kory Stamper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kory-stamper/)

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> [Lexicography is a chastening as well as an illuminating and fascinating art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/lexicography-is-a-chastening-as-well-as-an-illuminating-and/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

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> [I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-am-not-so-lost-in-lexicography-as-to-forget-that-words-are-the/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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