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Wilhelm von Humboldt... stated that the structure of language expresses the inner life of its speakers: "Man lives with the world about him, principally, indeed exclusively, as language presents it."
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Born:
June 22, 1767
Died:
April 8, 1835
(aged 67)
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