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The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and huma

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict

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I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. – Ruth Benedict

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Culture is one thing and varnish is another. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. – Jesse Bennett

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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Every mans ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. – John Abbott

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