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Matthew Arnold - Sanity - that is the great virtue of...
Sanity - that is the great virtue of the ancient literature; the want of that is the great defect of the modern, in spite of its variety and power. (Matthew Arnold)

Sanity - that is the great virtue of the ancient literature; the want of that is the great defect of the modern, in spite of its variety and power.

Matthew Arnold

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