But we are living in a sceptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thoug…

James Joyce
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But we are living in a sceptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age: and sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hyper-educated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of kindly humour which belonged to an older day. ✨ Dubliners.
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