15 NOVEMBER 1975, Page 5

Contested

Sir: Not content, some weeks ago, with attributing 'Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien' to Sir Karl Popper, you now, in your leading article of November 8,

garble Goldsmith's (and Johnson's) great lines: How small of all that human hearts endure The part that kings or laws can cause or cure.

May I suggest that you buy a copy of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations for your editorial department?

Geoffrey Reed 263 Liverpool Road, London NI