A WELL-EDUCATED MAN
"The Archbishop of York (Dr. Temple) at a prize-giving," reports the "Yorkshire Post," "suggested as a definition of a 'well-educated man: 'One who is .of quick imagination, wide sympathy and disciplined intelligence.' He must be able to see quickly how a thing looks from other people's points of view, for no one is so stupid as the man who only sees things from one point of view. "A man who can' persuade people to adopt another point' of view is one who can state their own point of view better than others can and then knock it down.
"Half the troubles in bur social and political life are due to different sections of society not being "able to enter into one another's feelings. "They do not know what it feels like to be in the other position, and they get distorted ideas of the characters- and motives of other folk. There is an immenso amount of good will all round, but a great amount of 'misunderstanding—hence the need for disciplined intelligence."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 14
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174A WELL-EDUCATED MAN Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 14
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