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IS BIBLE HARMFUL" TO ENGLISH PROSE?
Opinions con
Famous Author's Judgment
SEVERAL well-known people expressed to the London
News Chronicle recently their opinions on Mr. Somer. set Maugham's statement in his now book, "The Sum- ming Up," that "King James's Bible has been a very harmful influence on English prose."
He adds: Its "alien imagery has nothing to do with us" and "Blunt Englishmen twisted their tongues to speak like Hebrew prophets," indeed, Implies that, if the English
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Mr. Maugham also says that he Bible had not been published, all the is not so stupid as to deny the Bible's writers of genius, from Milton and Bunyan down Stevenson and | great beauty.
Kipling, would have written greater works than we now possess,
This is a large assumption. It reasonable to seems to me assume that the great periods English prose which followed the Publication
ion of the English Bible, far were from being damaged by it, deeply indebted to it.
Here are opinions on his words; Sir Arthar Quiller-Couch ("Q");
1 "Of course do not agree with him. I think his remarks are ill-conceived. In my opinion the effect of the Bible has been good."
the
"Q" has often lectured on Bible and on one occasion referred to the text "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's." He said that in the language of certain people
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Miss Marjorie Bowen: "I think 1
In agree with Mr. Maugham really. The
PREMIEN — A recent portrait of Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha, recently appointed Premier of Egypt by King Farouk. The new Premier was educated at Oxford.
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The fact that a considerable improvement has taken place in the situation in Waziristan is indicated in an announcement made here recently,
these times the text would be influence is too strong and has gone N W. FRONTIER written: "Render unto Caesar those on too long. It has been copied from things that appertain to that, one to another down the ages. IL Potentate."
might have been a good influence Mr. II. G. Wells: "I should be in- when the Bible was first translated, clined to agree with Mr. Maugham." but it has got stale."
Dr. Campbell Morgan: "I entirely Mr. Hugh Redwood: "The answer disagree with him. Our whole to Mr. Maugham is to be found in the English tongue at its best is built up 23rd Psalm, in the 55th chapter of en the translation from the liebrew. Isaiah, in the 8th chapter of Romans "I cannot see why Mr. Maughom and in the 1st Epistle to the attacks the imagery of the prophets. Cortinthians, chapter 13,
1 know of no imagery Oner than theirs.
HIGHEST IDEALS
"It has come into our language has no more done harm to English "Whatever the imagery, the Bible with great force, enriching our think-prose than Shakespeare or Milton." ing and our imagery,
Dr. Leslie Church, of the Methodist Bir. Robert Lynd: "Mr. Maugham's Publishing House: "Let man rend! statement seems to me rather like Psalm 23, the
e Sermon on the Mount, and compare-the
saying that Christianity has had the Lord's Progry with his own)
damaging effect on European archi-language of
tecture.
WOULD HAVE DECAYED
highest ideals and noblest desires.
"He will find they mirror in lan gunge which is for the most part universal in its significance the best he can. wish for the human race,
It states. that the following units have left Waziristan for their peace stations.
The 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry and one squadron of the Seinde Horse;
The H. Q. of the 4th Field Brigade and the 4th and 00th batteries, Royal
allery.
ist Bn. Royal Norfolk Real- ment, 2nd Bn, Argyll and Suther- land Highlanders, 3rd Bn. Oth Jat Regiment, 1st Bn. 9th Gurkha Rules, and 1st, 2nd and 4th Road Constructions
6th Light Tank
Two companies of sappers and
"If Mr. Maughan's theory were true, it seems very unlikely that English prose should have flourished, "Within even so small a compass | miners, and one field ambulance and
lation of the Bible. His theory, for the spiritual pilgrimage of man." been withdrawn.—Reuter.
BEAUTY SHOPPE Instead of decaying after the trans- is the highest, goal he can conceive other miscellaneous units have also
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