The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.


On Language - The American Democrat (1838)

James Fenimore Cooper Quotes

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.