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In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.

Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton Biography

  Nationality: English
Type: Critic

Born: February 22, 1943
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