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MARGUERITE YOURCENAR ~ INTELLECTUALISM

9 June 2011

“…and I reminded myself that the reproach of intellectualism is often directed at the most sensitive natures, those most ardently alive, those obliged by their frailty or their excess of strength constantly to resort to the arduous disciplines of the mind.”

Marguerite Yourcenar

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