! Tlie degeneracy of the race is diunod into us till nervous persons might be forgiven for thinking that the British Empire and all which it inherits were fast fading away like Prospero's unsubstantial vison, and would leave , not a wrack behnd. Mrs. Gamp was not a philosopher, but her remark that " we live in a wale" embodies the concentrated essence of all philosophies. ! We can improve the conditions under which we live, but we cannot, take what thought we may, change our "wale" into a Garden of Eden.—The Practitioner, It must be admitted that the great majority of sportsmen much dislikes seeing women out with the guns-sand the number of noted' Scottish houses where the lady shot is made really welcome is comparatively small.—The World and His Wife.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13030, 22 November 1905, Page 1 (Supplement)
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