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Some persons never attain to the happy art of perspicuous expression, and it is equally true that some persons, thro' a mental defect of their own, will judge the most correct and certain language of others to be indefinite and ambiguous.
Oliver Ellsworth
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Some persons never attain to the happy art of perspicuous expression, and it is equally true that some persons, thro' a mental defect of their own, will judge the most correct and certain language of others to be indefinite and ambiguous. — Oliver Ellsworth

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Oliver Ellsworth was a Lawyer from United States (1745–1807).

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This quote is attributed to Oliver Ellsworth, a Lawyer from United States.
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Oliver Ellsworth lived from 1745 – 1807.