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What does it mean?
The speaker dismisses Hess's use of a pendulum as a common superstition.
In plain terms
I ignored Hesss use of a pendulum because it was just a common belief.
What can you take from it?
Superstitions are common even among powerful people.

Where it applies

  • personal habits
  • historical observation
  • daily life

Putting it to work

  • studying historical quirks
  • analyzing human behavior
  • writing profiles

Questions to consider

  • Why do people hold superstitious beliefs?
  • How do habits reveal character?

Another view

Dismissing beliefs ignores their cultural context.

More from Rudolf Hess

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  3. I often found him warm and humourous.

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