Samuel Butler about words (“The Note-Books of Samuel Butler”, 1912) - A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.
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“ A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. ”
 Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912). copy citation

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Samuel Butler about words (“The Note-Books of Samuel Butler”, 1912) - A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.
Samuel Butler about words (“The Note-Books of Samuel Butler”, 1912) - A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.