Word Reversal

I can't help wondering if the strict top-to-bottom, left-to-right
m'I .devorpmi eb tonnac hsilgnE nredom yb detatcid gniredro rettel
not advocating returning to the unlamented ways of the ancient Greeks,
dna gnicaps sa yreppirf citemsoc hcus ot desu nworg gnivah
punctuation, but cannot help but feel that the current ordering is as
rehtO .no gnipyt m'I draobyek YTREWQ eht sa detcirtser dna dnuobedih
languages and cultures get along quite nicely with either (or both)
on ylsuoivbo si ereht os desrever gniredro lacitrev ro latnoziroh eht
compelling neurologicial argument in favour of the current system.
deifidom eb metsys eht taht esoporp ot denilcni eb dluow I eroferehT
to make it faster to parse and thus to assimilate the huge volumes of
eht tahw erus ton m'I .laed yliad tsum ew hcihw htiw atad lautxet
results of formal investigation into alternate schemes would yield,
gniralg taht etanimile ot eb dluow esruoc suoivbo tsom eht tub
inefficiency--the ocular carriage return. It's all very well and good
yb desuopse senilpicsid eht ni deniart esoht taht eugra ot
Dr. Rhinemann and Evelyn Wood are capable of percieving text as a
redisnoc dluohs yllaer ew tub sgnipuorg netlatseg fo tes raenil-non
the plight of the average plodder. I'm sure you can see the value of
.lasoporp siht

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