Very often people have a very limited way of thinking.
Perhaps this general degradation was the result of too much crowding, too little privacy, too much noise. You couldn't be decent if you weren't intelligent; you couldn't be intelligent if you couldn't think__nd who could think in all this racket? Add the stench to the confusion of cramped quarters, and who could be self-respecting?
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Perhaps this general degradation was the result of too much crowding, too little privacy, too much noise. You couldn't be decent if you weren't intelligent; you couldn't be intelligent if you couldn't think__nd who could think in all this racket? Add the stench to the confusion of cramped quarters, and who could be self-respecting?
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