“THE MIGHTY WHOLE.”
“Tho truth of science, the truth of fact is 'hut one aspect of the mighty whole. Truth of literature, truth of art truth of imagination rnul intn-ition-these appeal to an artist tar more than the truth of hare fact. The facts and theories of science vary from time to time. Science is fin'd- I 11 0" (rrossive. always reaching after something further on. somethin}: that, may cast-not discredit—bnt a fresh and transforming light on what has gone before. Very few are the eternal truths that humanity has yet perceived There are many roads to trut i. To a narrow view they may seem inconsistent. Some may seem hopelessly speculative and hypothetical, while others appear a,s dull and detailed c-oping; hut reality is greater than anv of our theories. Reality includes far more than all our ascertained facts „ut together; and until vision i* granted to us so that we can see reality entire—a blinding sig 1 can but pursue the gleam tlm ■ - luminates our special path. —S» Oliver Lodge-
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1927, Page 3
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172“THE MIGHTY WHOLE.” Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1927, Page 3
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