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Shallow Nonsense

1 Nonsense,' says Contarini Fleming, ' when earnest is '^impressive and sometimes takes you in v If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for 'sense.' People are usuajly in a hurry when they ' bolt ' their morning paper with-- their morning porridge. As a result, people too often "take seriously the crude illogicalities, misrepresentations, and false statements that are so frequently packed into ' letters to the editor ' written by shallow enthusiasts with that smattering of misinformation which is ' a dangerous thing.' To the hurried reader, fallacy and non-fact often seem impressive when repeated with much real or apparent conviction, in a very loud, positive, and ang-ry tone, and with the grimaces and lolling tongue of a Maori carving. ' The bearings of this observation lays in, the application on ifc ' to some letters that have lately been appearing in a Wanganui contemporary.

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New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 22

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144

Shallow Nonsense New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 22

Shallow Nonsense New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 22

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