Studying in England
He sailed for England in 1932. Before that, he had learned English from Mr. H.F. Stalley. He was in England for a year to learn the English language and a description of the western civilization. He was the first Sultan in history, went to explore the western world, more than his father, who had sailed to Singapore and Labuan.
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“It’s only when you have to use what you’ve studied that you regret not studying more.”
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“Every American travelling in England gets his own individual sport out of the toy passenger and freight trains and the tiny locomotives, with their faint, indignant, tiny whistle. Especially in western England one wonders how the business of a nation can possibly be carried on by means so insufficient.”
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