Quote by Ruth Benedict
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human di

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. – Ruth Benedict

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Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities. – Alfred L. Kroeber

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Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together? – Clyde Kluckhohn

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