"AIN'T NATURE GRAND!
LONDON'S LATEST. SUCCESSOR TO "YES » I LONDON, July 5. "Ain't Nature grand" is London's latest catch-phrase. It is used on all appropriate and inappropriate occasions, just as "Yes, we have no bananas" was used. It is uttered by a bridge-player taking a trick, by a stockbroker offering a profitable deal, by a successful punter on the racecourse, and by patrons of hotel bars. v Like that of other great thoughts, its origin is obscure, but it is believed that it was first uttered by an American visitor contemplating the beauty of the English, spring.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 167, 16 July 1924, Page 5
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97"AIN'T NATURE GRAND! Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 167, 16 July 1924, Page 5
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