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I’m not undervaluing the necessity tor frankness in friendship when I say that I find the friend who’s always speaking her mind, in season and out of season, rather a tiring person. I remember hearing a person once say, in detence of her tactlessness, "Oh, but I always feel I must speak my mind!" and the icy reply from an older and more. experienced person, "Why? Is it a particularly valuable mind?" Harsh, perhaps, but there was a lot of truth in it.--("Between Ourselves," Mary Scott, 2YA, August 13.)

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.I whakaputaina aunoatia ēnei kuputuhi tuhinga, e kitea ai pea ētahi hapa i roto. Tirohia te whārangi katoa kia kitea te āhuatanga taketake o te tuhinga.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 114, 29 August 1941, Page 5

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Why? New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 114, 29 August 1941, Page 5

Why? New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 114, 29 August 1941, Page 5

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