"…One of the great blots on our modern living is the cult of false values, a repeated application of the test of money, notoriety, applause. A world in which a comedian or a beautiful half-wit on the screen can be paid fabulous sums, whilst scientific researchers and discoverers can suffer neglect and starvation, is a world which needs to have its sense of values violently set right." [R Menzies]
"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” C. S. Lewis
Thursday 25 May 2017
NO WIT WHATSOEVER
This excerpt from a speech delivered 75 years ago today is as pertinent as ever to the times we live in, except for the 'half-wit' appellation...I would guess that is now a 'quarter-wit', perhaps even a 'sixteenth-wit' or even less:
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