“Precisely because our political speeches are meant to be reported, they are not worth reporting. Precisely because they are carefully designed to be read, nobody reads them.”
G.K. Chesterton, “On the Cryptic and the Elliptic”
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“Precisely because our political speeches are meant to be reported, they are not worth reporting. Precisely because they are carefully designed to be read, nobody reads them.”
G.K. Chesterton, “On the Cryptic and the Elliptic”
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