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… ‘sensibility’ built on politeness but also pointed in new directions, both with respect to social norms and to intellectual and cultural aspirations. 10 The accessibility of polite learning remained an important aspiration but ideals of expertise, professionalism and specialism began to displace the generalist and gentlemanly norm of intellectual culture. 9 . Marjorie Morgan, Manners, Morals and Class in England, 1774-1858 (Basingstoke: Macmillan, …
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