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From: kreed@pen.k12.va.us (Kenneth W. Reed)
Subject: Re: Great Esperanto literature (was: Re: Esperanto? The EU?)
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 03:30:04 GMT
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No profound thoughts here.  Language is the product and vehicle
of culture.  A culture is best interpreted through its own
language.  Esperanto is a "language" without a cultural basis.
It would seem, therefore, that great Esperanto literature is a
contradiction in terms.
