Day One, Evening - Salisbury Flashcards
1
Q
The surroundings grew unrecognisable
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And I knew I had gone beyond all previous boundaries
2
Q
I began for the first time to adopt
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A frame of mind appropriate for the journey before me
3
Q
Yet I would venture that the landscape
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Of our country alone would justify the use of this lofty adjective
4
Q
I say ‘what’
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Rather than ‘who’ is a great butler
5
Q
The factor that distinguishes [great butler’s]
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Is most closely captured by this word ‘dignity’
6
Q
My father was indeed
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The embodiment of dignity
7
Q
Dignity has to do crucially
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With a butler’s ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits
8
Q
When one encounters them,
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One simply knows one is in the presence of greatness
