The utility of translations is universally felt, and theref… - Alexander Fraser Tytler

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The utility of translations is universally felt, and therefore there is a continual demand for them. But this very circumstance has thrown the practice of translation into mean and mercenary hands.

Alexander Fraser Tytler

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Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee (October 15, 1747 – January 5, 1813) was a Scottish-born British lawyer and writer.

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Alternative Names: Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee • Alexander Fraser-Tytler • Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee

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The English language is not incapable of an elliptical mode of expression; but it does not admit of it to the same degree as the Latin.

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