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Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury. And though we might be dragged along without them, it would be with much difficulty, very heavily and tediously.
John Horne Tooke
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Parrots, tortoises and redwoods Live a longer life than men do, Men a longer life than dogs do, Dogs a longer life than love does.
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John Horne Tooke
Born:
June 25, 1736
Died:
March 18, 1812
(aged 75)
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John Horne Tooke was an English clergyman, politician, and philologist.
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