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The Royal Pronoun We

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 9, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 13, No. 3.

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The Royal Pronoun We

By Editor

From the poem published in REVIEW No. 18, Vol. xii, entitled, "To Young Theologians," a brother makes the following quotation for our especial benefit;
"The royal pronoun, WE, but seldom touch; Quote the original not overmuch."
But the brother forgets that this advice is for preachers, not for editors. Where a person has occasion to refer to himself so frequently as an editor necessarily must, we think the pronoun, we, even if it is a royal one, is much better suited to his feelings, and falls much less harshly upon the ears of his readers, than would so frequent a repetition of that little, egotistical pronoun I.