But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their spec — Robert Graves, The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Amended and Enlarged Edition
But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their spec — Robert Graves, The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Amended and Enlarged Edition
But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their spec — Robert Graves, The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Amended and Enlarged Edition
But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their spec — Robert Graves, The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Amended and Enlarged Edition
But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their spec — Robert Graves, The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Amended and Enlarged Edition
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But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their specialized knowledge the few independent thinkers, that is to say the poets, who try to to keep civilization alive.

— Robert Graves, The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Amended and Enlarged Edition
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