I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the…

Samuel Johnson
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I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. ✨ In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 18 September 1773
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I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. ✨ In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 18 September 1773

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