Language

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Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth to it
Language is the dress of thought
If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things
We must be free or die who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.
Spake full well, in language quaint and olden,
One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,
When he called the flowers, so blue and golden,
Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine.

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