NO NEARER UNDERSTANDING
As Homer nodding becomes more like Jove, we arc all delighted with Dr Johnson when he defines “ pastern ” as the knee of a horse, writes Mr J L. Garvin in the London Observer. Asked by the astonished lady why he did it. the manly sage answered: “Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance.’ Other instances are less pleasing. It is a strange fact that in spite of the march of progress—in spite of wireless transmission, the swiftness of air flight, the accelerated speed of all communication, and the cosmopolitan meetings of the League of Nations —there is more mutual ignorance between nations to-day than at any former period of modern history. Endless libraries are accumulated on details, especially economic details, yet there is less essential understanding and less love.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 2
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129NO NEARER UNDERSTANDING Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 2
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