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"Your. goodness must have some edge to it, else 'it is none," said Emereon. "A sound theory. A cotton wool t'ype of goodness 'cuts no iee.' " ; , t( And yet, even in these days, too many people thfnk that lack |of a ■sharp'edge is in itself a type of goodness;" . "As if Nothing could ever be Somethingl How- would you idefine that'edge'!" "Tb make -good as attractive as evil. To make .the truth as subtly clever as the lie., .To paint virtue in colouns as vivid and arresting as vice. To cry your beli.ef as sonorously as others cry their lack of.it..., 'Your goodness must. have some. edge to. it, else ifc ia honer' '-i' ,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 11
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116THE EDGE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 11
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