At the end of a small yard he saw a girl with dark hair scouring out some pots and pans. He looked at her again and saw she was very beautiful. Then he said with a sort of fatal finality: ‘That’s the girl for me.’ And indeed she was the wife who was with him […]
From first to last Bernard Shaw has been nothing but a conversationalist. It is not a slur to say so; Socrates was one, and even Christ Himself. He differs from that divine and that human prototype in the fact that, like most modern people, he does to some extent talk in order to find out […]
Marriage is not a mere chain upon love as the anarchists say; nor is it a mere crown upon love as the sentimentalists say. Marriage is a fact, an actual human relation like that of motherhood which has certain human habits and loyalties, except in a few monstrous cases where it is turned to torture […]
An article appeared in New Zealand Herald last week. It is a good example of lack of public discussion nowadays and the sad state of our journalism. The article mentions two “offenders”: a man called Richard who called to a radio show hosted by the former Auckland mayor John Banks. Richard said that Maori were […]
It is useless to object to man being made ridiculous. Man is born ridiculous, as can easily be seen if you look at him soon after he is born. It is grotesque to drink beer, but it is equally grotesque to drink soda-water; the grotesqueness lies in the act of filling yourself like a bottle […]
Master, where shall I work today? And my love flowed warm and free. Then He pointed me out a tiny spot, And said, “Tend that for me.” I answered quickly, “Oh, no, not that. Why, no one would ever see, No matter how well my work was done. Not that little place for me!” And […]