language

The eternal qualities of good speech and writing are lucidity, euphony and sincerity. Seldom are these qualities acquired as a kind of second nature. For the most part they are achieved only by intense intellectual discipline. Only by long practice can a man express himself clearly, attractively and sincerely.

— Simeon Potter, Modern Linguistics 160 (1957; repr. 1964)

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