299 | Selections from Darkest England | The Idries Shah Podcast
The Idries Shah Podcast | Practical Psychology for Today
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An Englishman Can Be Intelligent or Stunny
An englishman will behave as intelligently as any one else if his feelings are not allowed to gain the upper hand. Common sense operates as damage control and requires patience and coolness. It can also be used as an instrument of state. To assume that there are intelligent and stupid English people by looking at instances is, for me, flawed. A certain scholar had successfully carried out a tricky advisory job for the government during atley's premiership. Called to ten downing street to receive the prime ministerial thanks. He intimated he would very much like an oxford chair. I told him i'd do what i could atley d and i was able to write to him two weeks later
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