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Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
John Selden
Learning. - Table Talk (1689)
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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.
René Daumal
John Selden
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Born:
December 16, 1584
Died:
November 30, 1654
(aged 69)
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