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97. The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed

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The Intellectual Life of the British Working Class

The British working class or the masses were much more well read about a wide variety of subjects than they are traditionally given credit for. In China, Feng Patung, not sure how to pronounce that, noted that every peasant, artisan and merchant teaches their son how to read books. Even herdsmen and wives who bring food to their husbands at work in the fields can recite the poems of the men of ancient times.

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