I can’t speak for other languages. But I do know the English language has hardly been improved in the last half century. Young, bright children no longer speak well; the literary artists of fifty and one hundred years ago are, on balance, superior to the literary artists of today. The philosophers have virtually disappeared – at least, those philosophers who make a difference.-- Norman Mailer, in On God: An Uncommon Conversation --
Have a great Tuesday!
What a cheery fellow. :)
ReplyDeleteOy, and if he were alive today, and listened to the conversations of teenagers and read their writing...he'd jump right back in his coffin!
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