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Real apprenticeship is ultimately always to the self.

Cynthia Ozick

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Cynthia Ozick
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 17
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Apprenticeship
Ultimately
Self
Real
Always

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