YANK LECTURES AUSSIES.
“GOOD LITTLE COPY-CATS.” an AMERICAN’S COMMENTS. * BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. NEW YORK, March 21. Writing in the Saturday Evening Post, Mr Samuel Blythe, who paid a flying visit to Australia some months ago, savs: “If ever there was a country crying in the wilderness for a real leader* it is Australia.. What she needs is a new ideal, and leaders forceful and patriotic enough to subordinate politics of the moment to the real needs of the country. She needs fewer politicians and more real politics. Mr Blythe laughs at Australians pretentions to .individuality, and calls them “good, little copy-cats,” They are curious people, he says, with a large conceit of themselves, due to their long distance from others. Their fancy that they are outstanding in their native originality is erroneous, as thev are completely 'standardised, herd in cities, and follow English customs, contrast with American individuality. ___________
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 29 March 1926, Page 5
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