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. It is an ago of prohibitions,: and our codified' morality is ; purely negative,' Whether a jna'n wants', to! fly. a kite-'or to fish a'stream ■' to: found la 'new, relieioni- or 'to shoot' a creditor.;; to ■ , eat pork , pie. .; or ,to -■ drink absinthe; .to.,breathe;-through his mouth or t-o talk through; .'his nose—whatever- it be some' grave' moralist' comes along ■ and says • "You,mustn't I".ln' the,:cas 9 ; of- the. utterly creauldusjvihere : is'; even . .restriction of - the periods, proper 'to - matrimony— ; , . Advent marriage doth deny, 1 ''. ; ; ' But . Hilary, gives, thee liberty;. . ;Septuagesima . says : thee nay, : ; -Eight. days from Easter says you - may • '' Rogation bids thee to contain, '' ' ; -But Trinity sets you,free again. It's. 1 really ;very-sad.; i Y<ju--,mustn't, drink' coffee, because it makes yibu' jumpy; you mustn'i'. dririk''co'6oa,,'.because it makes you fat; and you -mustn't drink tea, because itplays -havoc with- your -nerves, and;' because, ana becaiise,- 1 and because. Happily there's 3 i way out."u -If you want: ixx drink tea 'with perfect safety .and. satisfabtioh, you -must; drink' Suratnra 1'- \---v- , .... -. '■ g
From how much cruel gossip is saved .by 'the prevalent for bridge!— 1 'Contemporary Review.": ! ' '• ~ ■ ; - It is a' familiar phenomenon' of .politics that the most'honest intentions sometimes lead to the most,'dishonest ,acts.— l "Estates .Gazette.'-' Tt 'is ■not. too much"to' 1 say that, clothed with.:, the: powers for .^rado''.unions; they ...might<one day .".become\a-.'.in<>naco" to 1 much. that is vital'to the whole community — "The Times." , ; ; The very nidi who shriek, tho loudest that our.Nayy js.our only .defence when the,necessities- of the Army are, unilei;, discussion,' are tto first to exert pressure: oa'Ministers to reduce; our: naval programme.—'"Broad Arrow." Many of us think that his' Grace (the Archbishop of Canterbury) is no match for the subtlety of those with whoin he has b'een negotiating/. -We maintain that it is'no mark of disrespret towards his Grace to' regard, him; •as. a poor.' hand at striking . a ■ barcain — "Church Times." '-:'X VC' ! •Things-are at suclra pass 1 in England that none but a millionaire can'affor'd to be purely artistic.—r"Era." , . ...
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 3
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431Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 3
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