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VISITORS TO BRITAIN

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on BBC Home Service Basic

Seven readings from the Journals of distinguished visitors
3. Hippolyte Taine
Notes on England
' The English custom of reserve leads to a kind of stoicism. There is no confiding, no letting go, even with one's nearest and dearest.'
Reader, ALLAN MCCLELLAND
Broadcast on December 6. 1966

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Hippolyte Taine
Source: Radio Times

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