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To call these two things by the same name is simply to impoverish language by making one word serve for a variety of meanings.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “To call these two things by the same name is simply to impoverish language by making one word serve for a variety of…”
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Wilson critiques the use of the same term for different political concepts, arguing it dilutes meaning.
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