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"Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom"
- John Kenneth Galbraith
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John Kenneth Galbraith
between October 15, 1908 and April 29, 2006. He/she was a famous
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