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In Defense of Snobs
A devoted advocate sounds the retreat to the last bastions of exclusivity: Rilke, Bartók, Braque and all that. Better snob, after all, than slob.
December
1
1962
WILLIAM MANCHESTER
In Defense of Snobs
WILLIAM MANCHESTER
December
1
1962
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In Defense of Snobs
A devoted advocate sounds the retreat to the last bastions of exclusivity: Rilke, Bartók, Braque and all that. Better snob, after all, than slob.
December
1
1962
WILLIAM MANCHESTER
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