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Ourselves and Others

The Reith Lectures

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Social Class Is a Very Confusional Concept

In private the two types do not really behave all that differently. But there is a sharp contrast in formal public behavior where the typical public school boy used to be tidy, polite and respectful of established morality. 20th century day school education for the children of the rest of society has likewise created a new social category,. The teenager sets out to be a kind of slovenly dandy or blatant demoralist. Even the fashion set by the mods three years ago are already completely out of date.

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