Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you read page after page without noticing the medium. Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are, the more necessary it is to be plain.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeA nation to be great ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge