Who said this?

[durham_rambler]

"The practice of hinting by single letters those expletives with which profane and violent people are wont to garnish their discourse, strikes me as a proceeding which, however well meant, is weak and futile. I cannot tell what good it does - what feeling it spares - what horror it conceals."

Hear, hear! But who said it? I know (now), do you?

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[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks to Google I do. It is good, isn't it!