t.e. lawrence, an oxford scholar and mighty sloppy uniform, was never surprised. bother with those who were skeptical of him, one of the seniors in power, who is this extraordinary pipsqueak? most people fell under his spell. he was brilliant, hard-working, he made himself the foremost expert on the turkish army, full generals paid attention to what he had to say. .. >> the bedouin tribes were brave, but they were not trained to fight a conventional war against a modern army well equip with the artillery and airplanes as the turks were. there in the stifling heat of arabia, lawrence described it inimblly. the heat of arabia came out like a drawn sword and left us speechless. the second son of the five sons quickly dazzled him by his knowledge of the turkish army who commanded what division and how reliable its troops were to the point where abdullah cried out, is this man to know everything? in fact, abdullah was so dazzle led, that he agreed to call his father. surprisingly, there was a telephone system -- [laughter] and obtain his father's permission for be lawr