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When I came to know Oxford in the 1950s, I was struck primarily by the unique atmosphere. The streets were teeming with students, most of them wearing their academic gowns. The dons and fellows with their longer gowns often cycled with their bicycle clips at the bottom of their trousers. All the students seemed to do their things at the very last moment and have only one aim in view, either a lecture or a contest in rowing, fencing, rugby, soccer, or cricket.
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Zettersten, A. (2011). Like Lightning from a Clear Sky. In: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Double Worlds and Creative Process. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118409_3
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