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		<title>Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No.  8, Guards, Guards (1989)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest and then I will murmur agreement, not actually say anything. I am not as stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab">Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest and then I will murmur agreement, not actually <em>say</em> anything. I am not as stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard &#8230;<br />
<span class="tab">But no one said anything. The cowards, each man thought.</p>
<br><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br>Discworld No.  8, <i>Guards, Guards</i> (1989) 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/guardsguards19890000terr/page/204/mode/2up?q=%22each+man+thought+one%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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