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“We have no empire, such as did the Romans, so powerful that subject cities spontaneously sought to emulate their rulers’ speech… Nonetheless it can clearly be seen how, in our present times, many diverse people of intelligence and refinement, outside Italy no less than within Italy, devote much effort and study to learning and speaking our language for no other reason than love.”

Giovan Battista Gelli, Ragionamento sulla lingua, 1551

 

 

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