Word: genteelism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eulogized the English civil service, the tradition that the Oxford Union is a stepping stone to Parliament, the ease with which the English gentleman could assert his divine right to rule. While these commentators may have been swept off their feet by admiration for the English "genteel tradition," there is no doubt that they gleamed an idea from their observations: the colleges should be the happy-hunting ground for the civil service...