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This document provides clues about a famous man who: 1) Wrote a book declared one of the most important spiritual books of the 20th century by Harper Collins in 1999. 2) Spoke English with an Irish accent thanks to an Irish teacher and worked as an editor for newspapers in multiple languages across different countries, loving his native language the most. 3) Visited many countries but never flew, and was known by a name used by a poet and a title from an army commander.
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- 2. Who is this man!
- 3. When he was young, he was so shy that he would run home from school because he could not bear to talk to anybody.
- 4. He spoke English with an Irish accent, thanks to an Irish man who taught him.
- 5. He worked as an editor, for newspapers in three different languages in two different countries. He loved his mother tongue and his longest work is in that language.
- 6. The first postage stamp with his picture was printed in Switzerland for another country.
- 7. He visited other countries but never travelled by plane.
- 8. He is known by a name a poet used to address him. He is also known by a title given to him by the supreme commander of an army.
- 9. He hated his own handwriting. He liked body massages and long walks
- 10. He hated movies but made use of the radio for propaganda.
- 11. He refused to celebrate the first Day of Independence of his own country.
- 12. In 1931, from London, he addressed the people of US over the radio. The first words they heard were “Do I have to speak through this thing?”
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