respecting words

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respecting
words

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[c]ross the stream where
it is ebbest
                      ---Plutarch's Morals
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the
fewer

words said the better
when few is just enough to
convey my total meaning

-

a
crafty
write

will draw into an
open brain a thought---maybe
two---it most likely

would
not have thought
otherwise

-

I've
learned
that

employing many
words to pass on a simple
concept that warrants

few
subtracts from
its substance

-

I
mark

voices from the room
beyond next door; and though the
words fall indistinct

on my earnest ear,
their gravid tones inflate with
vital meaning ...

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