Culture, humaneness, spiritual grace, are not forced upon us by logic: they either are self-evident or pointless. (Jacques Barzun)

Culture, humaneness, spiritual grace, are not forced upon us by logic: they either are self-evident or pointless.

Jacques Barzun

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