THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
A 11 i:ai.'i ilv Civilisation. “Other things being <■ |tinl. a man ve itli a 111 ii ia eh ache, v.itli tuberculosis. or with tin- hookworm disease. Is i art sii.ily less well elf loan his ociglibaiir who lacks these allitettotis. We may go further and say that the basis of human happiness is health. No" it i- 'probable that civilised man in Hie twentieth century is not only healthier than any other human being that ever lived, "itli the possible exception of a few happy-go lucky savage tribes living in lands of plenty, but that he Is the first civilised man "lie ever attained anything like a state of health. The race may he degenerating. tit the truth or falsity of that theory ve cannot lie sure until some generations have gone by. Rut it is sull'ering less pain, and it is afflicted by fewei ailments.” - Robert Dllliux in the ‘'Century Mag-
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1925, Page 2
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156THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1925, Page 2
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