A ROMAN HOLIDAY.
To the Editor " Guardian."
Sir, —Hero in our midst is an arena. The galleries rise one above the other., even as in the Colosseum of ancien; Rome, and there is one apartment luxuriously upholstered with jingoism and decorated with slanderous tongues, from which gentlemen with the Golden Rule written in large letters across their shields of smugness cheer on their honourable train, who fight below. The weapons of the gladiators are such as will cause no bodily harm. They pierce only the sensitive point; of their victim's mature, and cast
horrid doubt and unbelief over all his words and actions. What can be his defence? The interest begins to flag. It only remains for the bearers of the shields to appoint a Nero to give the signal that the gladiators—-true sports —may end the noble conflict.
BRUTUS
Ashburton, 28, 1919
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9178, 29 June 1915, Page 3
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143A ROMAN HOLIDAY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9178, 29 June 1915, Page 3
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