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Albert J. Nock Quotes

Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning.
Albert J. Nock

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
October 13, 1870
Date of Death:
August 19, 1945
Nationality:
American
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