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To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial
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- Joseph Conrad
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- Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1857 to 1924; Wikidata Q82925, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82925 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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