"Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man." -- Francis Bacon, Of Studies.
Sir Pterry [Pratchett] additionally has observed that "Civilization is words."
Language -- and the exactitude of thought behind one's use of written expression -- is sliding back to the cryptic superficiality of Akkadian cuneiform, suitable for maintaining beer and ration records, not the clear reasoning of Aristotle nor Burke.
JJB
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