FOR THOSE WHO CAN SIT STILL
LEND -ME YOUR EARS. Essays by F. Sinclaire. Progressive Publishing Society, Wellington. T is good news that Professor Sinclaire’s book of essays has reached a cheap edition. It would be good news if it meant no niore than that what used to cost 7/6 can now be obtained for 5/-. But on his way from boards to paper, the professor has seized the opportunity to add another essay-he modestly calls it a Preface — which is so wise and neat that itis difficult to
abstain from quoting it in full. We.shall restrict ourselves to one remark onlya borrowing from Pascal: that most of the world’s troubles arise from the fact that men cannot sit still, These essays are for those who can sit still, and who do not think it time lost to "sit still in the company of Shakespeare and Handel, passive and humbly receptive,"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 221, 17 September 1943, Page 14
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151FOR THOSE WHO CAN SIT STILL New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 221, 17 September 1943, Page 14
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