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Noah Webster Quotes

1758–1843 United States

Noah Webster (1758-10-16 – 1843-04-28) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, Bible translator and spelling reformer.

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Also known as: Webster, Noah

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Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Language is the expression of ideas, and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas they cannot retain an identity of language.

Might his last glance behold the glorious ensign of the Republic still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all their original lustre.

There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, it wil proov that we are less under the influence of reezon than our ancestors.

Preface to A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings (1790)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Noah Webster (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.