"We live today and know the origin of our earth, humans and all animals, we know how hot boiling water is and how long a yard is, our captains know how to measure latitude and longitude precisely, and yet we have neither charts nor With the compass that guides us through the vast ocean of literature, it is time to give our great language the same dignity and respect as other scientific standards... In order to bring every word to life, we must record it from its birth. Throughout the ages, words have zigzagged and moved forward in a roundabout way. Their meanings have gone through vicissitudes of life, constantly adding and subtracting subtle and subtle differences to themselves, but in the vast English literature, they have left ruts, and for every word, We must go back to the source. To do this, we will dig our teeth and read the books." Murray's passionate and poetic call for papers was seen by the mentally ill, American Miner. During the Civil War, as an army captain and surgeon, Miner was ordered to use a fiery red iron to brand deserters on the faces of deserters. hospital.
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