{Clerical Intellect}[26th January 1991]

[Redbook8:187-189][19910126:1116b]{Clerical Intellect}[26th January 1991]

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[A letter in a local newspaper from a local clergyman on the subject of Sunday trading and Sunday sport is inserted here in the ms.]

When I [had] read this letter from the […] – the man who has consistently failed to see me, as he is supposed to, or answer my letters, and who apparently now avoids [Canon][XQ] – |my eyes were opened to the kind of man I have to deal with. I tend to assume that people are of a higher quality and ability than they actually are. |[The letter-writer] – naturally – speaks better than he writes; it is possible that English is not his first language, although I guess that he would be insulted to be excused in this way. But the letter betrays muddled thinking (in its confused structure); lack of understanding of ordinary people, particularly of their motivations; and a surprising degree of defensive self-importance.

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