I wished to say everything in the smallest number of words in which it could be said clearly. Perhaps, I thought, one should imitate Baedeker rather than any more literary model. I would spend hours trying to find the shortest way of saying something without ambiguity, and to this aim I was willing to sacrifice all attempts at aesthetic excellence.
Source：Bertrand Russell: How I write, 1951.
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Russell, during his early years of practicing writing, made great efforts to express what he wanted to say as concisely and clearly as possible. It is interesting that he took travel guides as a reference in this process. Twitter imposes a very strict limit on the number of characters one can input, but one can imagine that if Russell were alive today, he would have been able to make a significant impact through Twitter. One advantage of Twitter is that, while text alone can sometimes lead to misunderstandings, attaching images or videos can help reinforce one’s message.
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