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  1. A quotation from Barzun, Jacques:

    «
    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…
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/barzun-jacques/71989

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