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... clear thinking is not the characteristic which distinguishes our literature today. we are more and more caught up by the unintelligible. people like it. this argues an inability to think, or, almost as bad, a disinclination to think.
-Edith Hamilton
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... Clear Thinking Is Not The Characteristic

Edith Hamilton
... clear thinking is not the characteristic which distinguishes our literature today. we are more and more caught up by the unintelligible. people like it. this argues an inability to think, or, almost as bad, a disinclination to think.
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