"Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before cried "Back!"

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Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas; and the same wish to dazzle, at any cost, which produces affectation in the manner of a writer, is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings.

— Thomas B. Macaulay