I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer th…

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose. ✨ Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). Medical Essays, p.302, Reprint Services Corporation
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