Exactness

On 13 November 2009, in Persuasive Writing, by Peter Smythe

Exact­ness in the use of words is the basis in all serious thin­king. You will get nowhere without it. Words are clumsy tools, and it is very easy to cut one’s fin­ger on them, and they need the clo­sest atten­tion in hand­ling. But they are the only tools we have, and ima­gi­na­tion itself can­not work […]

Exact­ness in the use of words is the basis in all serious thin­king. You will get nowhere without it. Words are clumsy tools, and it is very easy to cut one’s fin­ger on them, and they need the clo­sest atten­tion in hand­ling. But they are the only tools we have, and ima­gi­na­tion itself can­not work without them. Felix Frank­fur­ter

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