"'Tis only man can words create, And cut the air to sounds articulate By nature's special charter. Nay, speech can Make a shrewd discrepance 'twist man and man: It doth the gentleman from clown discover; And from a fool the grave philosopher; As Solon said to one in judgment weak, I thought thee wise until I heard thee speak."
James Howell

January 1, 1970

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