SUPERIOR PERSONS.
There aro a class of individuals in almost ev'ery community who arrogate to themselves the title of the "Superior Person." These individuals, who aro generally of tho "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal" variety, possess an egotism as prodigious as it is unassailable. Their capacity for absorbing more or loss archaic knowledge has given them an intense faith in their ability to instruct the rest of mankind. Sir Robert. Stout administered a well-merited c.astigatiou uiion these individuals in a recent address at Auckland. He was incidentally referring to certain University Professors who suffer from tho academic complaint, know as the "swelled liead," but his remarks were applicable to quite a considerable number of people in various walks of life. The "Superior Person" mav be an adornment to the Academy. He is an oxerowonce in well-ordered society,
and an abomination in such as our own. There is quite too much of the academic frill and fnstion creeping into our soci.nl and civic life.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 1736, 22 January 1913, Page 4
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163SUPERIOR PERSONS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 1736, 22 January 1913, Page 4
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