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Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned.

Joseph Bottum

Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned.

Tags: charm, history, language, literature

We have a name for the sum of grievances and compromises, this sheer normality of life lived among other people. We call it civilization. Culture, society, the workaday interactions of ordinary time.

Joseph Bottum

We have a name for the sum of grievances and compromises, this sheer normality of life lived among other people. We call it civilization. Culture, society, the workaday interactions of ordinary time.

Tags: civilization, culture, society

About Author
Joseph Bottum may refer to:

Joseph Bottum (author) (born 1959), American author
Joseph H. Bottum (1903–1984), Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator from South Dakota
Joseph H. Bottum (state legislator) (1853–1946), member of the South Dakota Senate

(Dune's Frank) Herbert made religion the inescapable instrument of cultural change.

Joseph Bottum

(Dune's Frank) Herbert made religion the inescapable instrument of cultural change.

Tags: meaning, motivation, reform

A fierce hatred of embarrassment ruled a surprising amount of the life of Moses Malone, the Hall of Fame basketball center.

Joseph Bottum

A fierce hatred of embarrassment ruled a surprising amount of the life of Moses Malone, the Hall of Fame basketball center.

Tags: anxiety, pride

Cities on the ocean have a choice whether to turn their faces or their backs to the water, lining the shore either with pretty hotels and rich homes or dim warehouses, narrow streets, and greasy piers...

Joseph Bottum

Cities on the ocean have a choice whether to turn their faces or their backs to the water, lining the shore either with pretty hotels and rich homes or dim warehouses, narrow streets, and greasy piers...

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