We are limited here by the historical record – which preserves the accounts of a few distinguished figures – but there is no reason to believe the hope and trepidation that they expressed were not also felt by a great many of their lesser-known contemporaries.
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't also feel a moral responsibility that goes beyond that.
But, he continues, "there's not an identity that I can lay claim to that I don't also feel ambiguous or ambivalent about, whether that's Chineseness, or Welshness, or Britishness.
It's in her nature to be sensitive to this, but I wonder whether she doesn't also feel somewhat trapped, and that her refusal to live with him – even after several years – might be symptomatic of this.
That's not to say young whites don't also feel that way.
Their voices were being piped in through the speakers, so you could hear that they were both upset but not so upset that we couldn't also feel a spark starting between them.
But didn't you also feel more than a little sympathy for Julia drifting off to sleep while Winston read?
He did not say whether or not he also feels fine.
