THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
WAR BOOK CTJLT. ' In the coursse op his presidential address to the Eton, Slough, and Windsor branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, Dr C. A. Alington, headmaster of Eton, referred to war books, ol which there is now an amazing output. He cautioned his audience against accepting the view of human nature, and of the British soldier, which most of them gave. “I cannot help saying,” he added, “that I think- / it very unfortunate that when we are sitting here in such comfort and in such peace we should have nothing better to do than to write and read about the indecencies of the soldiers’ life and the horrors of their physical sufferings, and..should not find a word to. say of the splendour of the courage, the unselfishness, the generosity, and the self-sacrifice which carried them through,,’’ ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1930, Page 4
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141THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1930, Page 4
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