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I think you'll find that, as an intellectual, you are not in fact a "useful citizen".
When I was busy climbing the corporate ladder, or in my other jobs, was I a useful citizen? As a farme ...

The first lot become intellecuals and spend their lives not quite knowing what they are supposed to do with all this knowledge (which continues to expand). The second lot become useful citizens and fo ...

But you haven't told us how you acquired your intellectual knowledge
Well you might learn it at university but you need to have a certain amount of intellect before they even let you through the doo ...

Only the School of Life for me. At 16 I thought I'd lost the plot in organized education so left school and got a job. I worked my way up the corporate ladder from Junior clerk to Accountant then Comp ...

Since you ask, I don't believe in ghosts. I don't believe in flying saucers, God, a conspiracy to kill Kennedy or anything else that at least two-thirds of Americans fervently believe in.

The near ...

The distinction between transubstantiation (the bread and wine changes) and Real Presence (the bread and wine always already is the body and blood) is blurry. Certainly Matthew Parker's claim that Ae ...

It's perfectly clear why Aelfric would write a Latin text and have it glossed in Old English. The important thing to know is that he wrote it as a teaching text to instruct native speakers and reader ...

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Topic: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:45 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	I think you'll find that, as an intellectual, you are not in fact a "useful citizen". When I was busy climbing the corporate ladder, or in my other jobs, was I a useful citizen? As a farme ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:36 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	The first lot become intellecuals and spend their lives not quite knowing what they are supposed to do with all this knowledge (which continues to expand). The second lot become useful citizens and fo ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:32 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	But you haven't told us how you acquired your intellectual knowledge Well you might learn it at university but you need to have a certain amount of intellect before they even let you through the doo ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:27 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
Rebecca Replies: 342 Views: 167852	Only the School of Life for me. At 16 I thought I'd lost the plot in organized education so left school and got a job. I worked my way up the corporate ladder from Junior clerk to Accountant then Comp ...
Topic: Ghostbusters
Rebecca Replies: 44 Views: 23280	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:01 am Subject: Ghostbusters
Rebecca Replies: 44 Views: 23280	Since you ask, I don't believe in ghosts. I don't believe in flying saucers, God, a conspiracy to kill Kennedy or anything else that at least two-thirds of Americans fervently believe in. The near ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Rebecca Replies: 2712 Views: 681407	Forum: British History Posted: 12:36 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Rebecca Replies: 2712 Views: 681407	The distinction between transubstantiation (the bread and wine changes) and Real Presence (the bread and wine always already is the body and blood) is blurry. Certainly Matthew Parker's claim that Ae ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Rebecca Replies: 2712 Views: 681407	Forum: British History Posted: 12:18 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Rebecca Replies: 2712 Views: 681407	It's perfectly clear why Aelfric would write a Latin text and have it glossed in Old English. The important thing to know is that he wrote it as a teaching text to instruct native speakers and reader ...