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Would it have killed the author of this post to name the essays he's quoting? "... good prose is like a windowpane." - Why I write, 1946 "Political language —
by iak8god 10y ago
Would it have killed the author of this post to name the essays he's quoting?
"... good prose is like a windowpane." - Why I write, 1946
"Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." - Politics and the English Language, 1946
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