GR mentions Dale Carnegie p78 or 79 Penguin ed 2006)

[Paul Mackin]

On 6/8/2011 5:07 PM, Edward A Moore wrote:
> "When it had changed as far as German bombs falling on England,
> Brigadier Pudding gave up his obsession and again volunteered
> his services to his country.
>
> Had he known at the time it would mean “The White Visitation” . . .
> not that he'd expected a combat assignment you know,
> but wasn't there something mentioned about intelligence work?
>
> Instead he found a disused hospital for the mad,
> a few token lunatics,
> an enormous pack of stolen dogs,
> cliques of spiritualists,
> vaudeville entertainers,
> wireless technicians,
> Couéists,
> Ouspenskians,
> Skinnerites,
> lobotomy enthusiasts,
> Dale Carnegie zealots,
>
> all exiled by the outbreak of war from pet schemes and manias damned,
> had the peace prolonged itself, to differing degrees of failure
> —but their hopes now focusing on Brigadier Pudding and possibilities
> for funding: more hope than Prewar, that underdeveloped province, ever offered."
>
>
> ed
>
> Emile Coue makes me chuckle ("Every day in every way I am getting
> better and better")
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Coué
>
> I also like the mention of "willpower" in the wiki article relating to
> divided self
>
When Pudding enlisted for war
He'd been through it all once before
He knew he might die,
But not from coli.
Some things are worth fighting for.