The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, April 20, 1916. THE PASSING OF “COMFORT.
Dr. E. J. Diuuon insists that when this war is over we shall search in vain for what was peculiarly British in our cherished civilisation. “Of that civilisation, which reached its acme during the reign of the late King Edward, we have seen the last, little though most of us realise its passing. It was an age of sturdy good sense, healthy animalism, and dignity withal, and not devoid of a strong flavour of humanity and homereared virtue. But in every branch of politics and some departments of science It was an age of amateurism. Respect for right, for liberty, for law and tradition, for relative truth and gradual progress was widely diffused. Well-controlled energy, responsiveness to call on one’s fellow feeling, and the everyday honesty that tapers Into policy were among its familiar features. But if one were asked to sum it all up in a single word it would be hard to utter one more comprehensive or characteristic than the essentially English term, comfort. Comfort was the apex of the pyramid which is now crumbling away.’’
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1541, 20 April 1916, Page 2
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189The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, April 20, 1916. THE PASSING OF “COMFORT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1541, 20 April 1916, Page 2
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