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"But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind"
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Thomas Reid
between April 26, 1710 and October 7, 1796. He/she was a famous
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