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Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been kno

Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit. – Matthew Arnold

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To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. – Matthew Arnold

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