PUBLIC OPTION.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1928, Page 3

PUBLIC OPTION.

“THERE ARE NO DEAD.” “lii’ tfie Ordinary sense of the word ■there are no dead. I well realise that tlio theory of the inseparableness of body and soul is only a theory, and that it caii be attacked by arguments many of which are now unanswerable and some of which will forever be unanswerable. But every other theory concerning death is and always will be in the same case. I am as convinced as lam of anything that we shall never know what death signifies and involves. (And we shall never cease to try to know). It is best for us that we should never know. If we knew, the importance of what we call life might diminish to nothing, and the scheme of evolution would be most gravely disorganised. Human ignorance of the future is more than bliss. It is Jin ordinance of the divine wisdpm. Arnold Bennett. THE NEW CHINA. “If the Nationalists remained united and showed a reasonable title to speak-for China, even though that title was won by war and was based on force, progress might now be made in the discussions with the Powers with regard to the tariffs and the position of foreigners in China. But the inherent dofec-t in the position of Nationalist politicians is again ap pearing. They may draw up the programme for a China that is to he, but they arc dependent upon the success of military leaders who play, too often, for their own hands. China is weary of militarism, but is not yet able to control it.”—“The Scotsman.”