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> [If it were possible adequately to present the whole of a culture, stressing every aspect exactly as appears in the culture itself, no single detail would appear bizarre or strange or arbitrary to the reader, but rather the details would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/if-it-were-possible-adequately-to-present-the-whole-of-a-culture/)

[Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/)

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