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IF THE STANDARD OF
SPEAKING A LANGUAGE
IS TO KNOW EVERY
WORD TO FEEL
EQUALLY AT HOME
DEBATING NUCLEAR
FISSION AND
CLASSICAL MUSIC
THEN HARDLY
ANYONE IS FLUENT IN
THEIR OWN NATIVE
TONGUES.
I moved on to Arabic, which Id study every
morning by reading news headlines with a
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