Herman Melville - A man of true science.. Uses but few hard words,...

A man of true science.. Uses but few hard words, and those only when none other will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science.. Thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.

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A man of true science.. Uses but few hard words, and those only when none other will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science.. Thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.

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