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HE economists were so bewildered by the depression that some one felt justified in saying that if you took all the economists in the world and laid them end to end, they wouldn’t reach a_ conclusion.-Professor Leslie Lipson, 2YA, % * ae [Tt is intensity of belief in a creed that produces efficiency in fighting: victory comes to those who feel the strongest certainty about matters on which doubt is the only rational attitude-Bertrand Russell, east Eg HE chief function of science is to debunk things like sentiment and ro-mance.-Ken Alexander, 2Y A. * r Ea A HIGHBROW is a person educated * beyond his _ intelligence.-Brander Matthews.
VEN rabbits don’t breed as quickly as the squatters grabbed acres of tussock lands,-A, C. Pitcaithly, 3YA, % % * CAPITALISM: the pelt of the squirrel belongs to the owner of the tree. Communism and Fascism: the pelt belongs to the hunter, Utopia: it belongs to the squirrel-Max Nomad in "The Mercury." ES * * Most odd jobs are just a conventional way of making your spare time profitable---Ken Alexander, 2YA, * * * INE hears that police identity parades are hard to arrange in London now, as the old stock of unoccupied men is no longer’ available-- "Manchester Guardian." * Bd bg E think according to nature, we speak according to rules, and we act according to custom.-Major Lam. pen, 3YA.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 161, 24 July 1942, Page 2
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217SHORTWAVES New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 161, 24 July 1942, Page 2
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