correspondent, n.Definitions

A Correspondent (n.) like ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Mersenne lets a philosopher keep his solitude while staying in contact with every mind, a human journal before journals existed.

A Correspondent (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠rises at a great paper is usually either very obedient or very cynical: one believes what he writes, the other knows better.