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[syoshioka99]

It may be said that the Englishman never really makes a decision. He broods; and when he has been brooding for a certain time, he suddenly realizes, not that he has decided something, but that something has been decided. How does he realize this? It is when he discovers that he has begun to take action. It may be that an event has suddenly happened which has forced him to take action immediately. In any case, once he has made the discovery, he hesitates no longer. He has been committed by the action which he has taken rapidly and instinctively. He follows it out to the end, without asking where it is going to lead him, without a plan, but without turning to the right or the left and without letting go. Later on, he finds reasons to explain his action, but it is not as the result of reasoning that he takes action at the beginning.

(question) I do not get the whole point. I'd appreciate it very much if you could summarize this passage?

Satoru

Japan

[Mister Micawber]

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An Englishman makes decisions indiscernibly.

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"I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences." � Gertrude Stein
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Canadian-American who teaches English for a living at Mr Micawber's

[syoshioka99]

The way Englishmen make dicisions is not discernible...

Is what the passage says really true?
(Im not an Englishman so I really don't know...)

Satoru

Tochigi, Japan

P.S. :Are U an English teacher in Yokohama?
(I teach English to Japanese high school students here in Tochigi.)

[Mister Micawber]

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I had a British wife once; it was certainly true for her.

Yes, I operate a small private school in my home in Yokohama, Satoru. If you are ever down here from Tochigi, get in touch and we'll have coffee. (One of my students works in Utsunomiya, by the way-- he commutes for 2 hours every morning and evening!)
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"I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences." � Gertrude Stein
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Canadian-American who teaches English for a living at Mr Micawber's

[syoshioka99]

Hope to see U some time!

Satoru