[to The Editor Of The Specreroal Sra,—in Justice To...
may I say that I did not quote him as having said that in order to be a " gentleman " a man must be, inter alio, "wide "—either in a physical or, still more certainly, in its......
What Is A Gentleman?
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—It is curious that your many good quotations fail to recover the best known and perhaps best of all. Good manners is the art of making......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir,—before The...
descends* on this correspond- ence I hasten to plead that, in common with most abstrac- tions, the term " gentleman " is undefinable, just as is the term "good taste." "......
News In America [to The Editor Of The Spectator]
SIR,—Your contributor's glowing praise of the methods employed by American newspapers and radio in dealing with news suggests certain reflections to one reader, who is American......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator] S1r,—is Not One Of
the best descriptions of a gentleman that given by G. White-Melville in General Bounce? "Our own idea is that neither birth, nor riches, nor educa- tion, nor manner suffice to......
Herr Hitler's Speed [to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir,—ii
is not often that " Janus " and I differ, but his note last week about Herr Hitler's speech calls for a reply. I listened to that speech throughout its 535 minutes, and am......
A Correction
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sut,—In my appreciation of W. B. Yeats in last week's issue there was a slight misprint. "Wisdom was won by revolution as -Blake won it." .This......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sta,—i Submit That No
definition, except the inimitable Psalm 15, is comparable to that of Mr. St. John Ervine's Quinn in Changing Winds: "A gentleman is a man who knows when to stop." The essence of......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator] S1r,—juliana Berners In The
fifteenth century wrote the following : "Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth came Habraham, Moyses, Aron, and the profettys : and also the Kyng of the right lyne of Mary,......
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