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[No sooner has the war finished than there will arise again, as last time, a collection of people, very intelligent, with longish hair, who will be very vociferous, and who will set out to decry the very virtues, discipline, courage and endurance which have enabled us to live as free citizens. After the last war, they reduced us to a state of disarmament, and almost led us to destruction. . . ."’"~--The GovernorGeneral, addressing the Boy Scouts’ Association, } O* Barber, cut these Curls away, Make me a Parting prim; Give me a close, close Crop to-day Instead of the usual Trim: Oh, don’t let Anyone take me, when I mingle with the Throng, For One of those bad intelligent Men Who wear their Hair too long! FoR 1 believe in Endurance, too, And Courage and Discipline (Oh, Barber, lop those Locks-I do!) But what gets under my Skin Is the View some People still profess, To my Mind most improperly, That every Virtue Men possess Is a military monopoly. COUR4GE and Discipline may be ~ (Oh, Barber, scissor it short!) Pre-requisites for Liberty Of Conscience, Speech and ThoughtCourage, 1 mean, to tolerate Notions we may not share; And Discipline not to judge their Weight By the Length of a Person’s Hair!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 226, 22 October 1943, Page 2
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211Hair-Brained New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 226, 22 October 1943, Page 2
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