p. 10
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I was searching for something a little more than a dashing metaphor, a good deal less than a cultural map: and for those purposes the two cultures is about right.
— C. P. Snow
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I was searching for something a little more than a dashing metaphor, a good deal less than a cultural map: and for those purposes the two cultures is about right." in the context of "p. 10" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "C. P. Snow" (Quotes, The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1959): The Rede Lecture for 1959. Quotations are cited from the 1960 Cambridge University Press edition.)
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About C. P. Snow
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester CBE (5 October 1905 – 1 July 1980) was an English novelist, scientific administrator, civil servant, and literary critic.
About C. P. Snow
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester CBE (5 October 1905 – 1 July 1980) was an English novelist, scientific administrator, civil servant, and literary critic.
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