"SLOW-WITTED."
AVERAGE ENGLISHMAN Uncomplimentary Italian Comparison. ARTICLE BT MUSSOLINI? United Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 9.30 a.m.) MILAN, January 14. "The slow-witted Englishman/' i> the subject of an article in "II Popolo d'ltalia." It is unsigned but is attributed to Signor Mussolini. The article declares that the English people are slow of intelligence. "An Englishman requires a week to grasp what an Italian is able to understand in ten minutes, and it is only after a long series of complicated ruminations that an Englishman grasps the elements of a problem."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 12, 15 January 1937, Page 7
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