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Christopher Ricks Quotes: When a language creates - as it does - a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.
         

When a language creates - as it does - a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.


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This page presents the quote "When a language creates - as it does - a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.". Author of this quote is Christopher Ricks. This quote is about courtesy, community, past, language, communication,.