THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Natcue’s W.vns. Unlike wars, an earthquake destroys indiscriminately; instead of selecting the young and vigorous for destruction, they are more likely to escaoe. fu natural calamities there is a survival of the fittest. Furthermore, wars evoke the worst that is in us—hate, fear and jealousy. But the cataclysms of nature evoke syinpathv and the longing to help which are all to the good, and they make us fall hack on our trust in tlie wisdom and beneficence of Higher Powers.—Sir Oliver Lodge.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1925, Page 2
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86THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1925, Page 2
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