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If he miss the mark he is a failure, although his sentences may survive everything else in the permanent literature of the language in which he speaks.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “If he miss the mark he is a failure, although his sentences may survive everything else in the permanent literature of…”
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Hoar reflects on the importance of achieving one's goals in communication, emphasizing that failure to do so renders one a failure despite literary merit.
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