DIVIDING SEAS
Sir,-It is a matter for comment, if not surprise, that two such intelligent men as Max Harris and A. R. D. Fairburn should be splashing at each other in the "Dividing Seas." The particular demerits of both Australia and New Zealand are .perfectly obvious-indeed, they are blatant. It is equally obvious that the bulk of the inhabitants of both under-populated and under-edu-cated countries like things the way they are and, by general apathy, intend keeping them that way. Since almost all
the most active forces of our time are also on their side, it is wasting mental energy to carry on a debate upon which Dr. Johnson, referring to another matter more than a century ago, delivered an apposite summing up. He then said, "Sir, there is no settling the point of precedence between a louse and a flea."
T. T.
BOND
(Mahurangi West).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 436, 31 October 1947, Page 20
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146DIVIDING SEAS New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 436, 31 October 1947, Page 20
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