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A quotation from Barzun, Jacques:

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The need for a body of common knowledge and common reference does not disappear when a society is largely pluralistic, as ours has become. On the contrary, it grows more necessary, so that people of different origins and occupation may quickly find familiar g…
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"Of What Use the Classics Today?," Lecture, St. John's College (1987-07-17) - Barzun, Jacques | WIST Quotations

The need for a body of common knowledge and common reference does not disappear when a society is largely pluralistic, as ours has become. On the contrary, it grows more necessary, so that people of different origins and occupation may quickly find familiar ground and, as we say, speak a…

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