... is remunerated at a level above subsistence; in these two ways it differs from the work performed by the working class. The accumulation of savings, frequently resulting in members of the middle class buying property, results in a horizon of expectation and imagined possibilities: affluence brings the promise of a better life, which seemed a consequence of the economics of Empire. As Cohen comments, Without too much quibbling [ ] we might say ... four qualities in their boys-: "sport,"" "readiness,"" "character,"" and "religion- (15). While the last, "religion,"" is not particularly evi...

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