THE NEW PROFESSIONAL HUMILITY.
["I have always held a decided opinion that the less people trouble themselves about literature the better for them."—M. Pierre Loti (vide "Daily Chronicle.")]
Sir Thomas Lipton. How can a tea-drinking people hope to lift the Cup? Tannin is a poison fatal to the true sportsman.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer. The interest taken in politics diverts attention from everything that really matters.
The Poet Laureate. Poetry is not only a drug on the market, it is a drug that narcotises and debilitates all true manhood.
Mr. Eustace H. Miles. Vegetarianism is fit only for pigs. The noble king of the forest is a meat-eater.
Lord Roberts. The military bias is the only obstacle to peace.
Mme. Clara Butt. The human voice was given us for fish-hawking and encouraging football-players, not for singing.
Sir H. Beerbohm Tree. I cannot think why anyone goes to the theatre. It bores me horribly.
Mr. H. G. Wells. The past alone possesses interest for intelligent men.