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Humpty Dumpty, the Corruption of Language, and the Destruction of Society

June 11, 2022 Robert R. Reilly 50

Almost everyone is familiar with Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. In one of its most famous passages, Carroll neatly encapsulates the central issue in the use and abuse of language: “When I use a […]

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