An argument was presented to me recently in the film Words and Pictures (movie, 2013 with Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche)
As the students looked up a word, on their electronic devices, the English, Honors teacher presented the theory that if the students relied on their device of choice they would see only the word that was assigned. If they used the (paper) dictionary, and while thumbing through the pages to find the word, they would be exposed to other words and mostly likely one or two would reach out and grab them.
Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin aequidistant.First Known Use: 1556
Modern Dictionary: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition. And:
Meritocracy: A system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement
BUT then one can make a strong argument for ‘Pictures tell a thousand words’ too. Pictures almost always illicit some sort of reaction from us.
Can you look at any of these photos and say that you feel nothing?
The movie Words and Pictures is worth your time!
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