Christopher Ricks Quote

When a language creates – as it does – a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.


The State of the Language (1980)


When a language creates – as it does – a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the...

When a language creates – as it does – a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the...

When a language creates – as it does – a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the...

When a language creates – as it does – a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the...