A Belief System for the 21st Century

Surface level close up on an abstract engineering blueprint drawing of blue striped gear mechanism, with shiny metallic gears in the foreground

Authors:

Otto Jespersen

Quotations

“Little things seen largely”

To anyone who finds that linguistic study is a worthless finicking with trifles, I would reply that life consists of little things; the important matter is to see them largely.

1925 from the speech “Retirement address”

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