Sir-lIn fear-ridden and therefore intolerant days such as ours, an editor’s lot, like that of another public functionary, is not always a happy one. Ingratitude and violent disagreement have a vocal resonance apparently \denied to the virtues of assent. May we therefore pay this small tribute of appreciation of the responsible writing that appears in The Listener's editorials? More particularly, we would offer appreciation of the recent editorial on the Rt. Hon. C. R. Attlee; it had a literary grace, a sanity of judgment and a responsible tolerance of spirit that made splendid reading. Francis Thompson’s tribute to his dead cardinal has significance for the writer of the editorial as for the Attlee of whom he wrote: He lives detach’ed days; He serveth not for praise; For gold He is not sold; Deaf is he to the world’s tongue; He scorneth for his song, The loud Shouts of the crowd, There are so very few of these rare birds about in these days of great social pressure and mass-consciousness, that to find one paying tribute to another in The Listener is an occasion worthy of
note. (Rev.)
L. GORDON
HANNA
(Hawera).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 796, 22 October 1954, Page 5
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