South Arabian Languages

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“There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear—the city of London and the South Seas.”
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“The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
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