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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 2, No. 15. July 26, 1939

[Antigone by Sophocles]

It is not reason never to yield to reason.
In flood-time you can see how some trees bend.
And because they bend, even their twigs are safe.
While stubborn trees are torn up, roots and all.
And the same thing happens in sailing:
Make your sheet fast, never slacken—and over you go.
Head over heels and under; and there's your voyage.

—"Sophocles' Antigone."