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title: "3 Willard Fiske Quotes - Famous Linguist (An Egyptian alphabet for the Egyptian people)"
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# Willard Fiske

(1831–1904)   Linguist

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Willard Fiske was a linguist, best known for *An Egyptian alphabet for the Egyptian people*.

## Quick Facts About Willard Fiske

Born November 11, 1831

Died September 17, 1904

Profession Linguist

Notable works An Egyptian alphabet for the Egyptian people

## About Willard Fiske

Daniel Willard Fiske was an American librarian and scholar, born on November 11, 1831, at Ellisburg, New York. He was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership in 1895.

##  Quotes by Willard Fiske

> [Strange priests are they who never straightly walk But all aslant through sideways passage stalk Who never seek their goals in forward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-fiske/strange-priests-are-they-who-never-straightly-walk-but-all-aslant/)

Willard Fiske

[Design](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/design/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/willard-fiske-87770_design_strange-priests-are-they-who-never-strai_55244.png)

> [Ours is no bloody battle With woe and horror fraught Our joust is of a gentler kind A measuring of Mind with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-fiske/ours-is-no-bloody-battle-with-woe-and-horror-fraught-our-joust-is-of/)

Willard Fiske

[Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/willard-fiske-87770_battle_ours-is-no-bloody-battle-with-woe-and-ho_496620.png)

> [The world is not likely to tire of an amusement which never repeats itself, of a game which today presents features as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-fiske/the-world-is-not-likely-to-tire-of-an-amusement-which-never-repeats/)

Willard Fiske

[Amusement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/willard-fiske-87770_amusement_the-world-is-not-likely-to-tire-of-an-am_1622300.jpg)

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