Speaker Died

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“For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained currency, because for the moment it symbolized the world to the first speaker and to the hearer. The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Just before she died she asked, “What is the answer?” No answer came. She laughed and said, “In that case, what is the question?” Then she died.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)