Mr. Andrews
T is not particularly original to say that originality is a very scarce commodity. A few drops are doled out to each generation, a few drops of the true distillate swimming in a sea of false stuff, falsely labelled. Fortunately, a drop of true originality, falling from a printed page into the mind, bursts into a bright light which illuminates dark corners and lights up hitherto undiscovered treasures. Let us take the plunge and say it creates those treasures. E. M, Forster, though quietly, has that illuminating creativeness. It could be felt in the theme and characters when he .read his ‘short story Mr. Arldrews on the BBC Pacific Service. Mr. Andrews went to heaven, but although his expectations were fulfilled his hopes were not, and he felt nothing of the joyous peace that he had felt outside when he had prayed that a Turk might be allowed to enter, and had heard at the same time the Turk praying for him. Mr. Andrews and the Turk left heaven disappointed, but knowing well what they were going back to. And as they came through the gate they felt the pressure of the world soul on them, and for a moment they resisted. Then, with the experiénce and love they had acquired they passed into the world soul, and made it better. How serene is this concept of unity, how happy those with faith -to embrace it, how uncommon a_ radio experience in an age of anxiety and vertigo. ‘
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 488, 29 October 1948, Page 8
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250Mr. Andrews New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 488, 29 October 1948, Page 8
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