ON THINKING WISHFULLY
ONE WAY OF SHAPING EVENTS. Altogether too many people are accusing each other of wishful thinking, says the "New York Times.” Like every new phrase that catches the public fancy, the words are being fearfully overworked. We may pass over the not infrequent use of wishful thinking as a polite synonym for telling lies. We may restrict the wishful thinkers to those who are accused of deceiving only themselves. Even here there are two kinds. George Washington <at Valley Forge and the Allies in 1914 at the beginning of the battle of the Marne were wishful thinkers. They have been properly cited in answer to Lindbergh’s firm belief that Hitler cannot be defeated. History is full of men and of causes that triumphed against overwhelming odds by sheer resolve not to give in. They were successful wishful thinkers. It is now a year since Britain has stood off apparently imminent defeat —by wishful thinking. We are free to think wishfully about future events. It is one way of shaping events.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 July 1941, Page 5
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