The worst sentence in the history of language

I have found it. From the novel Triplanetary by E.E. “Doc” Smith, serialized in 1934-35 and collected in 1948:

“Of course,” she said again, as steadily, thrilled this time to the depths of her being by the sheer manhood of him who had thus simply voiced his Code; a man of such fiber that neither love of life nor his infinitely greater love for her could make him lower its high standard.

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1. It’s a comfort to know that whatever wonky stuff I might write, it’ll only be second best to the worst there ever was… Nice site. Shall be visiting again.

   Comment by PS — December 21, 2006 @ 1:29 pm

2. Thanks!

   Comment by Eric Rosenfield — December 21, 2006 @ 2:34 pm

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