Strength in Quietness
N the NZBS programme "The Amazing Harold Williams," Tolstoy is made to say something like "I distrust movements that make a lot of noise. God did not speak to Elijah in the whirlwind, nor in the tempest, but in the still small voice." I was reminded of this afterwards in thinking back over the programme, which was considerably less flamboyant in technique than that earlier series of New Zealand biographies, We Reap Their Harvest. The low key, the simple passing from hand to hand of the narrative torch without any suggestion that there was a race on, seemed entirely in keeping with the quiet, unassuming nature of the hero. Harold Williams was virtually unknown to me before this programme. I felt (continued on next page)
grateful to the writer, Oliver A. Gillespie, for introducing me, warmly yet never pressingly, to a man whose character was worthy of his genius. |
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 782, 16 July 1954, Page 10
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154Strength in Quietness New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 782, 16 July 1954, Page 10
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