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“Our job is not to worship history and culture like fetishes, but to feed them into our living, creative stream of personal life for spiritual and intellectual reprocessing.”

Quote by Angus MacLean

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Angus MacLean, a Canadian politician, was born on May 15, 1914, and passed away on February 15, 2000. He was active in Canadian politics for many years and held several important positions. more

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