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The communication of ideas requires a similitude of thought and language . . .

The communication of ideas requires a similitude of thought and language . . .

Edward Gibbon
Communication, Ideas, Language
Edward Gibbon (2015). “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V 5: the History Focus”, p.63, 谷月社

Language is the leading principle which unites or separates the tribes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon
Principles, Tribes, Language
EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. (1838). “THE HISTORY OF THE DECLIINE AND FALL OF THE EMPIRE”, p.338

The difference of language, dress, and manners . . . severs and alienates the nations of the globe.

Edward Gibbon
Differences, Dresses, Language
Edward Gibbon (1869). “The Crusades: A.D. 1095-1261”, p.81

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.

Edward Gibbon
Obscurity, Language, Obscenity
Edward Gibbon (1900). “The Memoirs of the Life of Edward Gibbon with Various Observations and Excursions”

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