20 SEPTEMBER 1919, Page 15

LORD FISHER'S RULES OF LIFE.

[To sus EDITOR or THE " SPDOPATOR."1 SIR,—Lord Fisher's nevers " are probably an echo of Jowett's advice to statesmen, which was as follows : " Never quarrel. Never Explain. Never hate. Never disappoint. Never fail. Never fear. Never drudge. Never spare. Never tell. Never