"The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No assumption is too unreal, no end is too unpractical for him."

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Source: Frederic Harrison (1975). “Order and Progress”, p.150, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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Frederic Harrison

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Frederic Harrison was a British legal scholar and social reformer known for his influential ideas on freedom and the law, particularly in the context of individual rights.

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