"LOVER OF PLANTS"
Sir, —I hope you will permit me to thank Matanga for the above article. It has a special significance to me, in that it had more than a passing reference to a dear old departed friend, Kobert Brown, the Glasgow shoemaker. Those who, like myself, were closely acquainted with Brown fully recognised his worth as a botanist and a man. Further, if he had had opportunities like others, lie would have been in thl> front rank of those names mentioned by Matanga. May I quote from Charles Bead's great work, "The Cloister and the Hearth." "Not a day passes over the earth but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers and martyrs the greater part will never be known till that hour when many that are great shall bo small and the small great." W. J. H. McCormick. . Taihape, July 39, 19-34.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340723.2.168.8
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21859, 23 July 1934, Page 12
Word Count
159"LOVER OF PLANTS" New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21859, 23 July 1934, Page 12
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in