It is not that the Englishman can't feel--it is that he is afraid to feel. He 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. - E.M. Forster

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E.M. Forster: "It is not that the Englishman can't feel--it is that he is afraid to feel. He 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."

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Afraid	Cant	Englishman	Even
Express	Fall	Feel	Feeling
Feelit	Form	Great	Might
Mouth	Must	Open	Pipe
Public	School	Sorrow	Talkshis
Taught	Wide

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