APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1932, Page 1

APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS

1 am not afraid of the priests in the long-run. Scientific method is the white ant which will slowly but surely destroy their fortifications. And the importance of scientific method in modern practical life—always growing increasing—is the guarantee for the gradual emancipation of tiie ignorant upper and lower classes, the funner whom especially are the strength of the priests. , * * ¥: * Dean Stanley told me he thought Ik 1 - ing made a bishop destroyed a man's moral courage. I am inclined to Lliink that the practice of th.e methods uj political leaders destroys their intellect for all serious purposes.

-X- * * * It is is one of the most maddening things in life that, try a,s we may, we eaii never he certain ol making people happy, whereas we can almost always he certain of making them unhappy. -x- -x- -XMen, my dear, are very queer animals. a mixture, of horse-nervousness, ass-stuhholtiness .and camel-malice — with an angel bobbing about unexpectedly like the apple in the posset, and when they can do exactly as they please, they are very hard to drive.