clammifying

Updated: May 23, 2025

Whatever else you think about the Japanese they are about the most highly civilized people on earth, perhaps overcultivated. I asked Mamma when these girls would undergo the clammifying process and have all their life taken out of them, and she said never for these girls. President Naruse died this morning; as he had cancer, it was fortunate he did not linger longer.

Alice Chipman Dewey - Letters from China and Japan