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“I never heard a wood thrush until I was a grown man, though I must have been surrounded by them every spring. Each year I discover new sights and sounds to teach me how blind and deaf I must still be.”

Quote by Louis J. Halle

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Louis J. Halle

Louis J. Halle was a renowned American linguist and comparative literature scholar, born in 1910. He made significant contributions to the field of linguistics, particularly in the areas of comparative literature and structuralist theory. more

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