"I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven."Isn't that lovely? What does it mean?
—Preface to Dictionary (1755)
Samuel Johnson
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Daughters of the Earth
Bartleby.com posts this quote on the front page of the American Heritage Dictionary:
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