DICTATORSHIPS DENOUNCED
“SHIRTS WHICH MAY BE SHROUDS”
ANGLO-AMERICAN UNITY
URGED
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, September 15. Lord Horder, the famous physician, addressing the British Association, pungently criticized dictatorships, asking: “What does the colour of men’s shirts matter if they are soon to become shrouds?”
“If a clash came between hordes of Fascist and Communist barbarians, the salvation or doom of the world would depend on whether Western Europe and America were able to preserve individualized society,” he declared. “Britain should not trade her national characteristics—individuality and poise —for vaunted foreign panaceas. “No wonder the nerves of the people to-day are on edge. Any honest doctor will tell you that most organic complaints are due to anxiety and neurosis. As fast as science has been eliminating disease, functional disorders are increasing. Nevertheless, it is wrong to blame science for our troubles. On the other hand it has loaded man with benefits to which he has shown indifference or used with criminal carelessness and prodigality.”
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Southland Times, Issue 22997, 17 September 1936, Page 5
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164DICTATORSHIPS DENOUNCED Southland Times, Issue 22997, 17 September 1936, Page 5
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