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Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.
Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Matthew Arnold
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Matthew Arnold. · page_051
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