FOUR WAY TEST
Sir, —It was very heartening to read that here in Whakatane there are people who really care and are striving for that better way of living which is essential for a peaceful and happy world. The “Four Way Test” is excellent and must help, to bring about higher ideals but there seems to me one fault to find. When asking ourselves those questions would one be sufficiently unselfish to be unbiassed by any gain to ourselves which might be involved? It is a well known fact that it is easy to blind ourselves to the truth. “Back Home” I knew personally quite a number of people who were trying to live up to the standards of “Absolute Honesty, Absolute Purity, Absolute Unselfishness, Absolute Love.” I feel that the word “Absolute” is the key word, ruthlessly bearing away any doubts one may have. There are no half measures. To begin each day with a resolve to try out these morals of “Absolutes” is stimulating and gives one a feeling of challenging evil! Yours etc., M.A.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 4, 1 March 1950, Page 4
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177FOUR WAY TEST Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 4, 1 March 1950, Page 4
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