re: A letter from a Civil War officer to his wife - July 14, 1861

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I highly doubt that. Language as a whole has deteriorated for the masses. The wealth of all human knowledge at our fingertips and we are dumber than ever

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Your words have indeed found me in a time of great consternation, the reasons for which must inescapably include the very same phenomenon referenced by your post.

Seriously, there is virtue in brevity. I don't like the way army officers wrote back then, nor do I like the way most people write now.

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I highly doubt that. Language as a whole has deteriorated for the masses. The wealth of all human knowledge at our fingertips and we are dumber than ever

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I disagree with you. Quick google search shows this great man did graduate an Ivy League school then got his law degree before becoming a lawyer.

We are smarter than ever. A working pair of iPhones or high power rifles would have ended the Civil War in days, not years. Because we are smarter now.