![]() ![]() The author tells me that he "felt impelled" to write it. By this morning's post I have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in Germany. ![]() Look back through this essay, and for certain you will find that I have again and again committed the very faults I am protesting against. Phrases like a not unjustifiable assumption, leaves much to be desired, would serve no good purpose, a consideration which we should do well to bear in mind, are a continuous temptation, a packet of aspirins always at one's elbow. The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better. “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. ![]()
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