Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They advance from particular images to general terms. Hence the vocabulary of an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical. - Thomas B. Macaulay

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Thomas B. Macaulay: "Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They advance from particular images to general terms. Hence the vocabulary of an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical."

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Abstract	Advance	Enlightened	Fitted
General	Halfcivilized	Hence	Images
Individuals	Language	Machine	Nations
Particular	People	Perceive	Philosophical
Poet	Poetical	Purpose	Rudest
Society	State	Terms	Vocabulary

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