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Last updated on November 25, 2024.

Ernest Klein

Ernest David Klein, was a Hungarian-born Romanian-Canadian linguist, author, and rabbi.

Canadian - Author | July 26, 1899 - February 4, 1983

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To know the origin of words is to know the cultural history of mankind. — © Ernest Klein

To know the origin of words is to know the cultural history of mankind.

Ernest Klein

Ernest Klein

We not only speak but think and even dream in words. Language is a mirror in which the whole spiritual development of mankind reflects itself. Therefore, in tracing words to their origins, we are tracing simultaneously civilization and culture to their real roots.

Ernest Klein

Ernest Klein

What the elements are to chemistry, what the sounds are to music, are words to language.

Ernest Klein

Ernest Klein

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