WISHFUL THINKING
OUTDOES PUBLIC FANCY
"Although too many people arc accusing each oilier of wishful thinking, like every new phrase that catches the public fancy, the words are being fearfully overworked. !We may pass over the not infrequent use of wishful thinking as a polite synonmy for telling lies. Wc may restrict the wishful thinkers to those who are accused of deceiving only themselves. Even here there arc two kinds. George Washington at Valley Forge and the Allies in 1914 at the beginning of the battle of the Marne were wishful thinkers. They have been properly cited in answer to Lindbergh's firm belief that Hitler cannot be defeated. History is full of* men and of causes that triumphed against overwhelming odds by sheer resolve not to give in. They were successful wishful thinkers. It is now a year since Britain has stood off apparently imminent defeat —by wishful thinking. Wc arc free to think wishfully about future events. It is one way of shaping events."-—New York Times.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 158, 22 September 1941, Page 6
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