Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the wo — Walt Whitman
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the wo — Walt Whitman
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the wo — Walt Whitman
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the wo — Walt Whitman
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the wo — Walt Whitman
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Language is not an abstract construction of the learned or of dictionary-makers but is something arising out of the work needs ties joys affections tastes of long generations of humanity and has its bases broad and low close to the ground.

— Walt Whitman
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