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Simeon Strunsky Quotes: People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.
         

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.


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People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.
         



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