Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 23
“A community of vices is a closer and more direct bond between human beings than a community of virtues.”
The Novel: What It Is (1893)
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