Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coa…

E. M. Forster
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Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something. ✨ 'The Longest Journey' (1907) ch. 26
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