DIVORCE CURIOISTY.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1930, Page 8

DIVORCE CURIOISTY.

“The struggle for knowledge is an essential condition of human life. Therefore it is to he found among every people, even the lowest. It has been the chief lever of culture, and the strength with which it has asserted itself has been the determining factor of the varying heights to which different nations have climbed on civilisation’s ladder. Hence we ought to cultivate the tendency to seek for truth as mankind’s most invaluable treasure. It must he disciplined and guided; sheer curiosity is a nuisance and research must be conducted towards a definite, goal. But its borders must be wide. The inquirer must not be hampered at every step he takes with the question. What is the good off the search for truth in such or such a question, or what profit is there in this or that detail ? Who can foretell where the golden grains of truth may be found, who decide what at hast may prove of importance for human development? In the science of society it has often been my experience that a fact which at first may have seemed a pure trifle, not worthy of further attention, has later shed the most unexpected light over the origin or development of some important social institution.”—“Q”