Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 18, 4 May 1910, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

Freedom Slowly Broadening Dow*.

freedom, historically con1 G Mif * heen the result of increasingly effective, systematic resistance to monareliial or oligarchical despotism.—Hon. Dr. Findlay. «*•»«- Prehistoric Peeps.

I am as sure as it P possible to be sure al>out anything, that this country has In-'oi inhabited by prehistoric man, and that the stone® I came across in the North have Ix-en manipulated.— Mr. Clement Wray ye.

What Do the Animals Say ? Research is precluded from making experiments on living man. therefore it claims a.’* its right and its duty to experiment* on living animals. — Lord Cromer. • * • « Unjustifiable Wars. Britain in the pa*t had engaged in W«tny war* which f&e-iiol- of such a character that < <tpada conW justly take part in them. I'or the irimean War and the War of ifffll. But if Britain were seriously endangered,' a wave of onthusiauHi' would sweep the Empire, and the whole of Canada’s fleet and resource* would-be placed at the disposal of the Mother- Country.— Sir Wilfrid Lauriir, ■•• • « ■ Smells, Jaeger, and Crape. If ths re i* one thing ’more deadly than religious puritanism. it is irreligious Puritanism. The Greeks and the Elizabethans, who were -joyous peoples. loved *reat tragedfiC'lWat'' "we by Oedipus and revel in drab misery. AU form- rrf art- respected. If the study of smells s•'‘Tntrrestfng it -should, be'.remembered, that perfume’s. to?, have their. uses. If ?ve prefer the passing phase we should Tfe. tolerant' to the eternal. It is well that we should b rt reminded that .in. the drama, as in other art*, .laeg r is not. the. only wear, nor crape the sole pawK-lre. — Sir H. PeerIdkm Liberty and Progress. Thought and experience had shown, that in modern nation* the system of natural liberty was not a policy of true Social progress. That, on the contrary, such progress could* be attained only by limiting greatly -individual liberty * and t>y eliminating the struggle for a bar? existence By checking and removing the competition and other conditions which gave rise to it.— Hon. Dr. Findlay. The Chinese Renaissance. The Renaissance in C hina is. for good nr evil, a very present fact. Like the Euro pan Renaissance in the fifteenth century, its Asian counterpart of the twentieth century has been mainly due to the influx of a new stream of foreign into what has laid for centuries practi• :t'ly a Dead Sea. stagnant in its depth* although- hot without ripples ou the surf;i , ‘*. —FrrL It. M. Streeter. • ♦ ♦ ■Worse than an Old Woman. ■Minto worse than an old woman. He is afraid *” move for fear someone will take a ’.hot at him. Only recently he attended '“Hie big function. Instead of driving up in state with his wife and family, be -nt them ahead, and then he came in Uhind on a motor car. A man who does that sort of thing is no good in India.— V* W. H. Lyall, of Assam, Think Universally. People sii 1 think universally, and not parochial v I do hot say ‘•’thiuk Imperially/* b - their survey should take in the v. leglolxy jf a democracy Buch a* our., larged jf only with the responsibility •' India, is to progress, it is essential that the few thousand leaders Of the demov ’ y shouid be able easily and happily !• r mm in thought over the Burfaev of the 1 l ‘i. thinking in millions, thinking in ag - If they do not, then depend upon it tl»e freedom of democracy Mill suffer at flic Hands of those States governed aitt*-f- -tically, where the small intellectual rU” * n «*• bureaucracy are aWa te do fhh —Mr. MT.

Caobm of Insomnia. It was fashionable nowadays to get low-spirited about th? fate of th? Empire, and about the danger of the British race not l»eing able to maintain its great Imperial position. The yellow peril scared nom? people, and the German Navy worried other folk out of their sleep, and so on. There was one peril (about which there could Ih* no doubt) which threatened the supremacy of the race, and that was the physical degeneration of the people at Home.— Mr. f. J. Parr, chairman of the Auckland Education Board. Generous in Victory. The J.alM»ur party would iu»t be vindictive to the peril of any party or interest. and would cultivate the friendship of the State Parliaments within their proper -phere.— Mr. Andreir Fisher.

The Excitable Scot. Scotch audiences arc very philosophical. They give you the impression of following every word with the closest attention, and their questions are thoughtful and to the point. 1 did not find them cold. On the contrary, I think a Scotch audience can show mon* enthusiasm than a colonial one. I have seen an audience in the North go almost dvlirioua with excitement.— Wr. Wc*ab. • « • • Prouder and Better. Where is there to be seen, practically in the heart of the city, such glorious scenery a.s you will find when looking over Qrafton Bridge? Really, it should make 4»very por*r»n who passes over the bridge a prouder and a better citizen.—Mr. t. M. Auckland. • • • • Are We Prepared ? We must be prepared to defend our soil against the Asiatic peril. History reminded us howf the Along* d hordes bad conquered Chini >nd Russia, and massacred 13} million souls. Mow did we stand in that cesp**ct.— T. Macktnzie.

Distance Eends Enehnntment. Although the earth would probably pass through its tail towards the end of May, when the comet would be at its nearest to the sun, no ill was likely to result to us, as it would be at least 12.000.000 miles distant from the earth, and 55,000.000 miles from the sun.— Professor Seyar t Auckland. Utilisation Not Owner ship. A large Iwwty of opinion among the Maoris had been educated partly through the influence of the Young Maori Party. The view of the native laud question it hud sought to impress upon the native mind was that the main factor was not ownership, but tin* utilisation of the land, //on. .1. \yata. Cotton Blankets. J>» you know’ that the demand for cotton to-day is enormous, .and that it is growing every day? Do you know’ that 350.000 bales of cotton went into motor tyres alone last year? And hoods for motors used up more of it. They even made blankets of cotton. I had a fine pair on my bed at a leading hotel in

New York the other night, and I met the man who makes them. He is going to Mmd me a pair. Do you know that the Southern State* use up three-fourths of a.* the cotton they produce?— Mr. .Janies .1. Patl'-n. Justice Follows the Flag. I ha\*e l>e«*n among many people in many lands, and wherever I have seen

the British in control, 1 have seen that law and order are mMintained, and justice is supreme.— Hon. C. H'. Fairbanks, ex Vice-President of the United States. • a • • The WamJehalre of Waterloo. The handshake between Wellington ana Blucher after Waterloo would exert its friendly influence, through the centuriee. With £nch memories before them it win unrighteous to talk of war lietweeu the two countries.— Dr. Irmer, German Gou ©til-General. • • • • Good He eve ms ! Of courae our railways .are not jM‘rfeet; no mor? than anything else. But if there arc any in the next world I hope tlmt they will Im- run as well as ours in New Zealand.— Sir Joseph Ward. The Abuse of Truth. How can you justify calling a man “a grossly ineomptdent, autocratic biped”? You si»eak of * : the antics of the garrubni* <German galoot.** Those arc statements of fact. How can you call that fair comment on a public man? J hat i* not comment, that is abuse; the distinction Im* be?n drawn in many c.lscs. I should say that thi* is low abuse, and not comment at all. To l>‘gin with, it is an Hisult to the until, and. secondly, an insult to the nation. -Wr. JtwO'-e Cooler t on the Bertling Libel ( a*?. *Ware Splinters. When you ask me questions, don't scratch your head at the same time, be caiiM* you might get *plint?rs in yow w Mr. T. W Wilford, MP Boxing and Sport. 1 am absolutely in favour of the encouragement of any manly sport-. If boxing or any oth« r sport is carried o<i Tn* an rm mannerly manner, 1 certainly *lukll iiM NT* in fa\T»ur «»f allowing it th? use of the Town Hall, but 1 have no reason to think that boxing in Wellington, connected as it i* with nauies held in high respect in this city, will at any time be impnqn*rlv huklui t* •!. — ,W» . f ratrfoid, < audidat? for tie* Wellington Mayoralty. The Best Solution. Thor? is nothing like personal contact as .* solution for pcr-omd misuri'lcr-’latid-ing. 1 rehbishop Houmr. The Cause of Divorce. If people went borne when they had tlrtnc their work there would be n*» need for a Royal ( «»ifHui.*sioii on the divorce laws. — Juda*’. WtHis.

Our German contemporary represents the English people, who have Iwph *».ire«l about (Germany, as regarding the appear anee of Halley’* comet a* a serious portent, seeing that Uie comet last appeared in 10t»fi, the year in which William the C onqueror landed on English shores.