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Hebrew in America has a bemusing past. The Puritans, out of scriptural piety, once dreamed of establishing Hebrew as the national language.
Cynthia Ozick
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National
Past
Once
Out
Dreamed
Puritans
Piety
National Language
America
Establishing
Hebrew
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language.
Edward Sapir
Better
Matter
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Own
Case
Constructed
Fact
Beyond
Content
Spreads
Loses
Very
Quickly
National Language
Than
Confines
Which
Much
Richness
Original