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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 6 April 13, 1938

Twaddle

Twaddle

The Eleventh Commandment.

We must become faithful to our Fuehrer and self-sufficient with regard to oil and rubber—Prof. Wilhelm Cologne University.

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A man is but a worm of the dust— he comes along, wriggles around awhile, and finally some chicken gets him.

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"What's the difference between castor oil and whiskey?"

"Easy, boy, easy! One's a movie, and the other's a talkie."

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My God!

Heard at screening of "The Defence of Madrid" from a pro-Barnao gentleman, when a picture of dead Loyalist children was shown:—

"They might be made of wax for all we know!"

Statement

Those of us working in close contact with Hitler know that he is the most exquisite connoisseur of art who has ever stood at the head of a great nation.—Kube. in "Prager Press."

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Proof

I prefer a single German military march to all the muck of a newfangled fiddling man: that sort of person ought to be in a sanatorium.—Herr Hitler ("Das Neue Sagebuck").

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Verbacious Border—[gap — reason: illegible]en It?

Most of the national authors are young, talented, but still unknown.

There is among them only one of really international importance, and dial is myself.—Hans Heinz Ewen (Lous Nouvelles Litteraires).

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She's stopping at the mountain house.

But great seclusion seeks.
She always dresses in the dark
Because the mountain peaks.