A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed. I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars. Charles Dickens
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The 18th century was a time of great change. Society was maturing and no longer looked at people as if they were beneath them. The idea of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed.

I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars. You see, many sections of society still consider their rank superior to everyone else’s. They don’t acknowledge that people are equal in their own right because they claim they are better than their inferiors.

And, when one is superior to another, there is no reason to care about what they do or feel because one is above them.

Source: David Copperfield

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