A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
Zebulon PikeAbout author
- Author's profession: Soldier
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 5, 1779
- Died: April 27, 1813
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Therefore we will not listen to the source itself in order to learn what it is or what it means, but rather to the turns of speech, the allegories, figures, metaphors, as you will, into which the source has deviated, in order to lose it or rediscover it—which always amounts to the same.
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