Quote of the day
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content … it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
James Theodore Bent
Born: March 30, 1852
Died: May 5, 1897 (aged 45)
Bio: James Theodore Bent was an English explorer, archaeologist and author.
Known for:
- The ruined cities of Mashonaland (1892)
- Southern Arabia
- The sacred city of the Ethiopians (1893)
- Early voyages and travels in the Levant (1893)