THE ABSURDITY OF FRETTING
• o*f ?*a 1S absurdlt y which .is everywhere underestimated and too much overlooked in valuation' of Character. It is the absurdity of fretting. It is common as air, as speech— so common that, unless it rises ahove its usual monotone, we do not even observe it. Watch any ■; ordinary coming together of people, and see how many minutes it will he before somebody frets— that is, makes : more or less complaining statements of something or other - which probably every one in the room, or in the train' 1 °vi 6 1 eet °P rner » lt may be, knew before, and probl ably nobody can help. Why say anything about it? .It is cold it is hot, it is dry, somebody-has broken- an appointment, ill-cooked a meal; stupidity or bad faith somewhere has resulted m discomfort.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 25 February 1909, Page 317
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139THE ABSURDITY OF FRETTING New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 25 February 1909, Page 317
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