Luther has as much influence on the development of the German language as Shakespeare has on English, being the first great stylist of German and the first major author writing in the German vernacular rather than Latin.
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“luther has as much influence on the development of the written or printed german language as shakespeare has on the written printed development of the english language he is in the right place at the right time he is the canonical stylist the first great stylist of the german language”
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