THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
THE ENGLISH CLIMATE In a recent “Defence of the Efeglish. Climate” Mary Borden praises it as the best in the world, and to it she attributes England's greatness. ,It is not that she things the' English cli- ‘ mate is always agreeable; she admits that it can be beastly, but she hastens to add “not too beastly.” She calls-it the best in the world because of. its effect upon character. She maintains that it does two things to human beings. “It puts the brake'; , on nervous energy, but gently whips ? •up the senses, and sends the blood of , men coursing through their veins just as it sends the sap and juices of plants running rich in theirs. It refreshes and renews the normal springs of life.” And since no power on earth can take England’s climate away, she is sure that England always will be great. The recent climatic experiences at Home however, though, perhaps ex- , ceptional, do not fit in with the imaginative reasoning of the lady in question. , ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1930, Page 4
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173THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1930, Page 4
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