Speaking People

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“This unlettered man’s speaking and writing are standard English. Some words and phrases deemed vulgarisms and Americanisms before, he has made standard American; such as “It will pay.” It suggests that the one great rule of composition—and if I were a professor of rhetoric I should insist on this—is, to speak the truth. This first, this second, this third; pebbles in your mouth or not. This demands earnestness and manhood chiefly.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)