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" There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof I
hope there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not
understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound
is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence
is printed in a different character shall be judged to contain something
extraordinary either of wit or sublime. "

Jonathan Swift , A Tale of a Tub


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Jonathan Swift quote : There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof I<br />hope there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not<br />understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound<br />is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence<br />is printed in a different character shall be judged to contain something<br />extraordinary either of wit or sublime.