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... but I love language. It is a living, breathing, evolving thing, and language has power. Whether in a song lyric, a poem, a speech, or a simple conversation, we__e all experienced words that resonate with us. They may make us recall a powerful moment, inspire us, move us, or perhaps, comfort us_. But at the same time, we don__ think in words. We think in pictures. If I say the word __og_ to you, you aren__ picturing the letters, d-o-g, you__e picturing a dog from your memory...

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Lily Velden

Animal Magnetism

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Each word's evocative value or virtue, its individual power of touching springs in the mind and of initiating visions, becomes a treasure to revel in. Besides this hold on affection a word may well have about it the glamorous prestige of high adventures in great company. Think of that the plain word "dust" calls to mind. "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was." "Dust hath closed Helen's eye." "All follow this and come to dust." "The way to dusty death." So, to the lover of words, each word may be not a precious stone only, but one that has shone on Solomon's temple or in Cleopatra's hair.

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C.E. Montague

A Writer's Notes On His Trade

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Every poet knows that the gift of the gods is not fire but language. __an dwells poetically on this earth,_ Hölderin wrote. Language is the essence of being human. We can think, thanks to language, for thought exists only by the grace of words. Our experiences and emotions are molded by language. It is language that allows us to name and know the world. We ourselves are known by language, through prayer, confession, poetry. Language gives us a world that reaches beyond the reality of the moment, to a past (there was_) and a future (there shall be_). It is through language that eternity has a space and that the dead continue to speak: __efunctus adhuc loquitur_ (Hebrews 11:4). Thanks to language, there is meaning, there is truth.

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Rob Riemen

Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal