A TEST OF FAITH.
Although the King had recently to tap 50 tons of molten steel in" Scotland, he had not (says the' "Daily Chronicle'') to face an ordeal like" "One to which his father, when "Prince "Tof Wales and a pupil of Lyon, afterwards Lord Playfair, was challenged. "Have you faith in science'?" asked the tutor of his Royal pupil.. "Certainly" replied the Prince. Playfair washed the youth's .hand and wrist with ammonia. "Will you now place your hand in this cauldron and ladle out a portion of j boiling lead?" "Are you serious?" asked the Prince. Being answered in the affirmative, he plunged in his hand and ladled out ,'the white-hot metal, unscathed!" '
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Taihape Daily Times, 7 January 1918, Page 6
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115A TEST OF FAITH. Taihape Daily Times, 7 January 1918, Page 6
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