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> [ A disease of the mind, \[whose\] germ is the idea that one may learn that which is valuable, or in any way acquire virtue, by the process of being shown things. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-martin/a-disease-of-the-mind-whose-germ-is-the-idea-that-one-may-learn-that/)

Kingsley Martin

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## More by Kingsley Martin

> [ A disease of the mind, \[whose\] germ is the idea that one may learn that which is valuable, or in any way acquire virtue,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-martin/a-disease-of-the-mind-whose-germ-is-the-idea-that-one-may-learn-that/)

Kingsley Martin

> [The Monarchy...is the secret well from which the flourishing institution of British Snobbery draws its nourishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-martin/the-monarchy-is-the-secret-well-from-which-the-flourishing/)

Kingsley Martin

> [One of the remarks made by farmers at their public discussion of these problems suggest that they are rapidly ceasing to think of animals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-martin/one-of-the-remarks-made-by-farmers-at-their-public-discussion-of/)

Kingsley Martin

> [I boast of being the only man in London who has been bombed off a lavatory seat while reading Jane Austen. She went into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-martin/i-boast-of-being-the-only-man-in-london-who-has-been-bombed-off-a/)

Kingsley Martin

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