Can somebody please explain why a sentence which lasts almost an entire page (25 lines) and uses 11 semi-colons (and 2 colons) is something we have to study because it’s so good?

Honestly it doesn’t make one lick of sense.

I wish that was the point of it but I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s just written in academic. Seriously there is a reason sentences are a thing – in this case I’d say it would help break the point into understandable chunks as each sentence would have to make the point and then stop, rather than just meandering on for forever. As it is I’ve read this five times now and I’m still no closer to understanding it.

/grumble /grumble