Saturday, August 31, 2024

 

The Flower of the Bourgeoisie

A.N. Wilson, Hilaire Belloc (New York: Athenaeum, 1984), p. 6:
Belloc liked to aver that you belonged to the flower of the bourgeoisie if you knew the maiden names of your four great-grandmothers.
In that respect, but in no other, I belong to the flower of the bourgeoisie — the maiden names of my four great-grandmothers are Hannah Sophia Dahmann and Malinda A. Matthews (paternal side), Grace Albina Racine and Marie Louise Benoit (maternal side).

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 12:13 PM


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