It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend … - J. R. R. Tolkien

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The long nights that Pier Giorgio Frassati spent on his knees in front of the Blessed Sacrament had something to do with the long days spent in service of the poor.

J. R. R. Tolkien

It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to which they belong; but a living language depends equally on the 'legends' which it conveys by tradition. . . . Volapuk, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends.

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I am dreading the publication, for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at.

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