Show GREAT MEN ABOVE RULES their orthographic mistakes should be ele overlooked emperor sigismund of germany who reigned in the fifteenth century in the speech in which he opened the council of constance uttered an ex pres slon which cardinal 1 corrected the emperor replied pla jentinus cen tinus however agreeable you may be to others you please us not when you assert that we nave have less authority than the grammarian ianus you say I 1 have offended na used to excuse his errors in orthography with the saying A man coupled with public business canton intend to orthography voltaire upon receipt of his first letter in french frederick erick the great told alred rick that he was a better french cholar than louis XIV who commit ced led many mistakes frederick replied that louis was a great monarch in many respects and a mistake in spell ng could not tarnish the brilliancy of als nis reputation |