THE USES OF ADVERSITY.
. Having recently returned from a very interesting and enjoyable koliday in Western Europe, through countries* under six different political Governments, I find myself philosophically comparing the happiness, wealth and health of the people as I saw them, writes Mr . Mark T. Rowland in a letter to the Listener. Whiat seems to be the inejvitable comparison between Germany and ourselves is the most strik ing. Although I spent only a short while in that country there was ai unmistakable air of h^ppy activity and progress there, and poverty wa: conspicuous by its absenee. Does a nation have to be almost bankrup. and lacking in raw materials to give birth to sueh 0, keen youth wi ti a spirit surely different from the pre-war generation? Why is it tliathe wealth of England is not bringing her the same happiness. unity anr eagerness among her youth? Perhaps it is that we, the unfortunatt victors of the war, have become like the wealthy man whose great possessions are such a constant worry and responsibility to him that they aro. more nuisance than they are worth, and wishes that he were able to onjoy the poor man's strugglo again.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 17, 13 October 1937, Page 4
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198THE USES OF ADVERSITY. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 17, 13 October 1937, Page 4
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