Parade's End (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.2 (2012)

Benedict Cumberbatch: Christopher Tietjens

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• Christopher Tietjens : [sadly]  I can't go back. The sentimentalist must be stoned to death. It makes everyone uncomfortable.

• Sir Reginald : This department

  [the Imperial Department of Statistics] 

  Sir Reginald : exists to show that just as there are different ways to put things into words there are different ways to put things into numbers.

  Christopher Tietjens : I detest and despise the work I am asked to do in the department, whose purpose seems to be to turn statistics into sophistry. I am resigning. Good morning.

  Sir Reginald : Resigning? Don't you want to be a man of influence?

  Christopher Tietjens : No. I'd prefer to be in the trenches.