I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
Brave New World
I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
Brave New World
Quoted in 'The Genius of the System' by Thomas Schatz (about Hollywood but quotes Huxley)
1920s (referring to his youth)
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