“Men always talk about the most important things to total strangers. It is because in the total stranger we perceive man himself; the image of God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of the wisdom of a moustache.”
The Club of Queer Trades http://books.google.com/books?id=mjcdk4InFzoC&q=&quot;Men+always+talk+about+the+most+important+things+to+total+strangers+it+is+because+in+the+total+stranger+we+perceive+man+himself+the+image+of+God+is+not+disguised+by+resemblances+to+an+uncle+or+doubts+of+the+wisdom+of+a+moustache&quot;&pg=PT93#v=onepage (1905) Ch. 5 "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd"<br><br>book The Club of Queer Trades
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