Doctor of Letters (Latin: Litterarum doctor; D.Litt.; or Litt.D.) is a university academic degree, often a higher doctorate which is frequently awarded as an honorary degree in recognition of outstanding scholarship or other merits.
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“The doctor of Geneva stamped the sand
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Patted his stove-pipe hat and tugged his shawl.”
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“Denotation by means of sounds and markings is a remarkable abstraction. Three letters designate God for me; several lines a million things. How easy becomes the manipulation of the universe here, how evident the concentration of the intellectual world! Language is the dynamics of the spiritual realm. One word of command moves armies; the word liberty entire nations.”
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