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• Why should Cornishmen learn Cornish? There is no money in it, it serves no practical purpose, and the literature is scanty and of no great originality or value. The question is a fair one, the answer is simple. Because they are Cornish. http://www.freethespirit.org.uk/6rev-cor.htm

• There has never been a time when there has been no person in Cornwall without a knowledge of the Cornish language.[A Handbook of the Cornish Language]