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The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.
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The truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element…
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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January 23, 1930
Died:
March 17, 2017
(aged 87)
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