14 July

human language, after all, is but little better than the croak and cackle of fowls and other utterances of brute nature

Lenox, July 14th. [1850] -- The tops of the chestnut-trees have a whitish appearance, they being, I suppose, in bloom. Red raspberries are just through the season.

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Language, human language, after all, is but little better than the croak and cackle of fowls and other utterances of brute nature, sometimes not so adequate.

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