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[The Englishman] has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or sorrow, or even open his mouth too wide when he talks -- his pipe might fall out if he did.

Source: Notes on the English Character (first published 1920; repr. in Abinger Harvest, 1936)
-- E M Forster, (Jan 1 1879-1970), English novelist; He wrote of British/Indian and middle class conflicts in A Passage to India, 1924 and A Room With A View, 1908.

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