Sentences

I was doing the distributed proofreading mentioned earlier and came across this sentence:

“That common sense, which no sooner respects any end, than it finds the means to effect it; the delight in the use of means; in the choice, simplification, and combining of means; the directness and thoroughness of his work; the prudence with which all was seen, and the energy with which all was done, make him the natural organ and head of what I may almost call, from its extent, the modern party.”

We don’t write like that anymore. I just thought I should point that out in case you’re a time traveler. That is by Emerson, from “Representative Men, Seven Lectures”.