BIBLICAL QUOTATION.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— lt ia pleasing to note that Pass-, ing Notes are again acquiring a literary character which is none the worse for havmg a somewhat theological flavour. But when Civis' seta out to rebuke a correspondent for his lack of Biblical knowledge it, is rather unfortunate that he jdip® twice himself in the same column. Unstable as water thou shalt noty succeed (sic Tor excel)” was not a general ftdvice to Jacob's sons. The grammar alone should have .Trent “Civis” right' there. , It, was a prophecy of the punishment coming to Reuben for the sin he had committed against his father. As Kipling Bays: . ■ , “ The curse of Reuben holds’us till an alien turf enfolds us . - And wc die, add none can tell them where we died. .•—I am, etc., '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21054, 17 June 1930, Page 7
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134BIBLICAL QUOTATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21054, 17 June 1930, Page 7
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