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SOURCE: "The Diseases of Language," in Social Forces, Vol. 16, No. 2, December, 1937, pp. 291-93.
In the following review of Science and Sanity, Lundberg praises Korzybski's theories, but offers reservations about the repetitious nature of the book.
The most that a reviewer of a volume of such scope as [Science and Sanity] can legitimately undertake on his own responsibility is to estimate it as far as it touches the fields in which he considers himself qualified to judge critically. For other portions he must rely on the opinions of qualified authorities in the respective fields concerned. On the basis of such consideration it may be said that Korzybski has succeeded to a remarkable degree in satisfying the authorities in the various fields from which he draws his data. I base this statement not mainly on the formidable collection of possibly ex parte testimonials on the jacket, but on extended reviews...
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