EXPORT OF BRAINS
Sir,-Although I quite agree with your correspondent H, Shaw that farming to-day, and especially in this country, demands the concentration of good brains as well as good’ brawn, I do not think he quite uaderstands the full import of the term "Export of Brains." . In brains, as in ‘all things, there must be standards, and although -- ee eee eee ae Oe ee
all types are necessary in a community, and far be it from me to belittle any type whatsoever, it has always been recognised that those possessing the greatest intellectual ability have the highest grade of brain, and it is to this type mainly that people refer when they bemoan the Export of Brains from New Zealand. Perhaps the greatest reason why the intellectual brain is rated the highest is because that type is self-contained; whereas the more practical brain needs as a rule both material and physical strength to give it self-expression.
S. P.
RUDKIN
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 478, 20 August 1948, Page 5
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161EXPORT OF BRAINS New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 478, 20 August 1948, Page 5
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