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Ruth Benedict: No man ever...

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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

Source: Patterns of Culture, ch. 1, 1934.
-- Ruth Benedict, (Jun 6 1887-1948), US anthropologist; She was an expert on American Indian tribes; wrote classic Patterns of Culture, 1934; Race, Science and Politics, 1940.


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