Item 01: Ralph Ingram Moore letters, 10 February 1907-15 March 1918 - Page 205
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The omdah was called in and asked for whom, all the men he had brought, wanted to vote for. "For me" he said, throwing out his chest. And what is worse he stood there, and saw each "fellah" did as he wished.
Aunt A. would enjoy a conversation with such a man. It would be interesting to compare the different methods of Educational systems etc. Dealing with people of limited mental capacity, the system of imparting knowledge must necessarily be altered in some degree. Without doubt the Egyptians are of very limited mental capacity. The majority have fine memories, but they cannot think, by that I mean they are incapable of reasoning things out for themselves. This is probably the reason why they can copy almost anything, but cannot make anything original. They have not arrived at the creativity stage. This would explain why the introduction of steel ploughs and water wheels some years back came to nought. Should a part break, instead of sending to the store for a duplicate part, the native simply brought his wooden plough into commission again, and so now not a