Translations:The Prior Confusion (SHSBC 611003)/57/en

We know very well that before some fellow does a practiced action, if he’s in a smooth frame of mind – he’s used to doing this action – he goes down the slope and slaloms like mad, and everything is just dandy, and he winds up at the bottom upright and saying “Whee!” But if a fellow is in a disturbed frame of mind, and his attention is on many other things – he just received a letter from his wife or his girl saying, “Well, I’ve just gone out again with Pete,” don’t you see? And there’s nothing he can do anything to but himself. He can’t do anything to anybody but himself.