The intolerance of youth when confronted by experience is proverbial—and comical, writes H. A. Vachell in a collection of essays, Little Tyrannies. The intolerance of age is criminal and ought to be regarded as a sign of approaching senility. I lift my hat to the man or woman who is not ashamed of a change of mind. What we think on Monday ought to be subject to modification on Tuesday, and by Saturday we may be justified in the solemn affirmation that what was said too thoughtlessly on Monday was sheer nonsense. The reactionary is ever intolerant of progress, but he may be left to simmer In his own acrid juices.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21992, 18 June 1941, Page 4
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