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Quotation from The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
“they are reputable because they are cumbrous and out of date, and therefore argue waste of time and exemption from the use and the need of direct and forcible speech.”
The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Fourteen, The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture (closing sentence) (Project Gutenberg text)
The book's final words, on the archaic locutions of polite and learned speech.
Citation: "they are reputable because they are cumbrous and out of date, and therefore argue waste of time and exemption from the use and the need of direct and forcible speech." — Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Fourteen, The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture (closing sentence) (Project Gutenberg text). (id veblen-theory-of-the-leisure-class-q7)
Portrait: Veblen3a, Unknown, Public domain.
