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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.

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John Horne Tooke

John Horne Tooke

Born: June 25, 1736
Died: March 18, 1812 (aged 75)
Bio: John Horne Tooke was an English clergyman, politician, and philologist.

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