Great stuff. We find the style quaint and affected, but this kind of formality permits a greater degree of nuance, and thus penetration of insight, than a simp

Great stuff. We find the style quaint and affected, but this kind of formality permits a greater degree of nuance, and thus penetration of insight, than a simpler style. Gibbon's "Decline and Fall" is an excellent example of how a truly great writer can use language to impart the subtlest concepts to a reader's understanding.