A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening. 1946 Slang is a linguistic luxury, it is a sport, and like any other sport, something that belongs essentially to the young.
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations. This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at only one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground.