• The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole.

  Bernard Devoto
  American historian, essayist and teacher
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1. significance
2. acquire
3. except
4. others
5. social
6. whole

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The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole. by : Bernard Devoto

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