Sir,-With the statement "it is not enough to have the material for a dull and flat decency. We require the inspiration of a high intelligence" in your article on the Death of a New Zealander most will agree. But unfortunately for this country the material for a dull and flat decency will never foster high intelligence, and hence the tendency of so many of our most promising young men and women who go abroad, like John Mulgan, never to return for more than a visit. For the fact is that not only is there little scope for talent here but there is precious little in the uniform dullness of New Zealand life to attract those primarily interested in things of the mind. What we certainly cannot afford is complacency over our uninspirine wav of life.
R.
SALMOND
(Takapuna).
P.S.-It would be interesting to know what proportion of our Rhodes Scholars have returned in the last 20 years to settle in New Zealand.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 313, 22 June 1945, Page 5
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