Samuel Johnson Quotes about Communication
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 18 September 1773
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.335
