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Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Quotes: How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world.
         

How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world.


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This page presents the quote "How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world.". Author of this quote is Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley. This quote is about sea, language, savages, thousand, living on, fog, islands, world,.