Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of eve…

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Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. ✨ Walt Whitman (2003). The Portable Walt Whitman, p.557, Penguin
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