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Language and the study of language (1867)
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Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics.
William Dwight Whitney
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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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Born:
February 9, 1827
Died:
June 7, 1894
(aged 67)
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