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I take no issue with someone releasing a new, more culturally-appropriate version of a text in order to avoid alienating potential readers, but I cringe at the idea of "changing these words." There should be no attempt to expunge a historical account of the way people behaved and/or spoke simply because time and tide has altered the way that type of language might be perceived. History was. We should be able to read about it in the language of those who lived it and wrote about it, if we so choose.
So by all means; add more available editions, but don't replace any.
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