The official justification for this primitive rite [fagging] was that it was a great 'leveller', as every boy, whether the son of a duke or a dustman, had to go through it. Leaving aside the low statistical rating of dustmen among Eton parents, it has been my observation that dukes, even royalty,, who were cut down to size by the process, have had little difficulty in reverting, within a few short years, to the manner to which they were born.
H. Lyttleton, It just occurred to me ... (2006), 25
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