Here are a couple of generalization about England that would be accepted by
almost all observers. One is that the English are not gifted artistically. They
are not as musical as the German or Italians, painting and sculpture have never
flourished in England as they have in France. Another is that, as European go, the
English are not intellectual. They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no
need for any philosophy or systematic "world-view."
