Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1960s, Understanding Media (1964), p. 113
“But still his tongue ran on, the less
Of weight it bore, with greater ease.”
Canto II, line 443
Source: Hudibras, Part III (1678)
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