A Matter of Proportion.
Attempts to eonsi.’er the human body them h have no basis in exact North London Magis trate laying down that a one-legged man should take only half as much drink as he lid wh-»n two-legged. Simul- ■ ncously omes news fr< >m Ameri a that one-tenth of the £47,000 for whi h Kubelik's fingers were insured 11 claimed *ause an accident in manicuring one of them has disabled him. Sin< •• the misfortune of one ringer has immo ilise 1 all ten for busint ss : irposes. we do not quite follow the decimal principle. And would the magi"ti ite debar a man who had lost both legs from drink altogether, as if no man
were left? These rough mat lemati » will - ar.ely work. While one sprained ankle would keep a footballer out ot
e ff< 11 ly as two, the loss <>f one eve is not ncarlv half as bad as that of is.th
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 15, 10 April 1912, Page 37
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156A Matter of Proportion. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 15, 10 April 1912, Page 37
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