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Quote from Gilbert Keith Chesterton,


"Correctitude implies nowadays a formal or fastidious use of words; and what is wanted is not so much the correct as the living use of words. It is the memory of the meaning of a word which is the life of the word."


By:

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (more quotes by Gilbert Keith Chesterton or books by/about Gilbert Keith Chesterton)


(1874-1936) British essayist, critic, poet, and novelist

Source:

Illustrated London News

Categories:

Collectivist, Deception, Psycho-politics, Truth

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