THE VIRTUES OF THOUGHT.
“The more one studies the history of mankind, the more one is struck with the influence of great thinkers and great thought/’ writes Mr F. F. Pollard in tlio “Friend.” “Hero are the profound and enduring forces which mould civilisations and determine progress. The surface currents go their way, i,the deeps abide. The emotional passes, the master thought remains. Wo cannot all be great thinkers, nor even leaders in humbler spheres, but wo can all make ourselves capable of response, understanding, appreciation, and so become vehicles of light and truth. Tn so 'doing we shall ourselves also reap the spiritual fruits that grow from intellectual effort. What are the past and present gains which w \ may ascribe to reason —to the mind in the exercise of its functions of inquiry, thought and study? It has overthrown much error. and will overthrow much more. It has enlarged our knowledge of the universe in time and space. It has taught ns the disinterested love of truth. To it one may attribute the slow discovery and increasing empire of tlioso principles of human conduct by which in measure we order outlives.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1928, Page 4
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