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To try to defend our civilization against itself by trying either to warn or to encourage the young about the surrounding chaos and vulgarity would be like the Eskimo trying to defend his culture against ours by taking a vow of silence.
“The Post-Literate Man”, 1973, Cycle 7: Essays, Short Stories, Poems for Freshman English, ed. by James Burl Hogins and Robert Earl Yaber, p 231
Year: 1973
Chapter: Education
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