Reading seems to be a disappearing skill. Many of the books we read in high school English classes mid ‘60s are banned or ignored now.
One book from then stands out, “Language in Thought and Action”, S. I. Hayakawa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_in_Thought_and_Action
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