"I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which……" — Gertrude Stein

"I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods."

Gertrude Stein

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