OUR SOLDIERS AND OTHERS
eir,- Excessive seli-conceit makes a nation look ridiculous." I thank the honest gentleman "Ex 2nd N.Z.E.F." for those words, and also for his other debunking observations which I trust will penetrate the skin of the average New Zealander. Since leaving England five years ago I have often wondered if all life outside this country is purely a myth. Patiently each of those five years I have listened to the deeds and achievements of New Zealanders, and it would appear that so much depends on this wondrous land and its inhabitants that if by some trick of fate the whole lot disappeared overnight the rest of the world would cease to exist. Apparently it is difficult for the people of New Zealand to visualise that countries other than New Zealand occasionally play some part in the affairs of the world. All fair-minded people will, I think, agree that as a small and young country New Zealand has done and is still doing remarkably well. It should do so, of course, having numerous grown-up examples from which to learn, and to make the glaring mistakes of older lands would be inexcusable, But self delusion and makebelieve seems to be its chronic disability.
ALBERT E.
YOUNG
(Rotorua)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 240, 28 January 1944, Page 5
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208OUR SOLDIERS AND OTHERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 240, 28 January 1944, Page 5
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