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| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6266 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes  Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 9 of 9 24 September 2009 at 4:35pm | IP Logged |
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I have been rereading Russell's book and today stumbled upon the quote you requested confirmation of. The quote, found on pg 334 (end of chapter 11) goes:
'Do you know,' he pursued,'what language I place before all others, next to Greek and Italian, for constructive capability and rythmical harmoniousness? -- The Hungarian. I know some pieces of the alter poets of Hungary, the melody of which took me completely by surprise. Mark it's future history, and you will see in it a sudden outburst of poetic genious, which will fully confirm my prediction. The Hungarians themselves do not seem to be aware what a treasure they have in their language.' Hope this helps. Edited by jondesousa on 24 September 2009 at 4:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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