half Scottish, respectable, and imbued with the powerful emotional restraint that those races have inherited somehow {via God knows what route} from the Spartans. It was a matter of self-conquest, refusal to show weakness, refusal to become a burden to others. This inheritance does not diminish one's natural sympathies, it merely makes them harder to express and to receive, and it is a legacy which it is extremely hard to unlearn."
( Louis de Bernières )
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