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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine. - Quote by Stephen Leacock

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

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