THE SILENT MEN.
“There are many men of great ability who are not good talkers and the world owes much to them. „,.We read the other day of a director, concern?.' ing whom the , President,.'.said, ‘His .words are few, but his judgments were wise and influential.’. We-have known cases where the mq.tt, voluble members of a committee or board would, discuss, a matter for hours, but in the end the decision nearly always rested, upon the. opinion of one or two men sIoVV. of speech, but of remarkably sane and well-balanced judgment. The idea, that fluency must necessarily ’ mean great mentality is an erroneous one; the thinker is often slow of speech and he is not apt to shine in society. Youtn finds it difficult sometimes to , realise this, and is apt to pin its faith to the man v/ith the golden tongue, forgetting that intellect and-heart are of much greater importance than facility in speech.,’’—The “New Outlook.” •
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1929, Page 3
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158THE SILENT MEN. Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1929, Page 3
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