"It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale."

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"It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale."

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"He seemed to be in quest for mental food, not heart sustenance."

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"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions."

"Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s."

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