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|quote=Gentlemen do not take soup at luncheon.

|link=George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston{{!}}Lord Curzon

|detail=Chancellor of the University, commenting upon the meal proposed to follow the award of an honorary degree to Queen Mary in 1921.

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Source

  • {{cite book|title=The Oxford Book of Oxford|author=Morris, Jan|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192804075|year=2009|origyear=1978|page=338}}