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— John Henry Newman"A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise."
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My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.
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