“Last year’s words belong to last year's language
And next year’s words await another voice.”
—T.S.
Eliot (1888-1965), Nobel Prize-winning poet and
essayist, “Little Gidding,” 1942. (Thanks to ever-alert WORDster Dr. Mardy
Grothe)
• Editorial Comment: Yup. Eagerly awaiting a new voice.
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