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Book: The BBC Talks of E.M. Forster, 1929-1960: A Selected Edition
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  1. E.M. Forster _ The BBC Talks of E.M. Forster,

    ...innocence is not safe in a civilization like ours, where a man must practice a 'ruled undemonstrative distrustfulness' in order to defend himself against traps. This 'ruled undemonstrative distrustfulness' is not confined to business men, but exists everywhere. We all exercise it. I know I do, and I should be surprised if you, who are listening to me, didn't. All we can do {and Melville gives us this hint} is to exercise it consciously, as Captain Vere did. It is unconscious distrustfulness that corrodes the heart and destroys the heart's insight, and prevents it from saluting goodness.
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