Gertrude SteinSpaniards and Americans are not like Europeans, they are not like Orientals, they have something in common, that is they do not need religion or mysticism not to believe in reality as all the world knows it, not even when they see it.
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Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist and a pioneer of modern linguistics. In a letter to a friend, he said, “Spain and America are not like Europe, they are not like Orientals, they have something in common that is they do not need religion or mysticism to believe in reality as all the world knows it, not even when they see it.”
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