"When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar……" — Henry David Thoreau
"When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc... I see that they forget that the first requisite and rule is that expression shall be vital and natural..."
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Henry David Thoreau
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