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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 21, No. 4. April 23, 1958

That's the Spirit

That's the Spirit

"Mr. Eric L. Roberts, a tall, soft-spoken Glaswegian, sat in his hotel room in Wellington last night and interpreted life in terms of Scotch whisky. From Tierra del Fuego to John o' Groats, he said, whisky is the only unifying influence the world over . . . Whisky was one commodity which was always ready when Britain went to war. She might be short of guns and ammunition and pencils . . . but were wars won on whisky? Scotland, he said proudly, is the only undefeated country in Europe."

(Perhaps the drastic cuts in the importing of whisky are really a subtle form of disarmament.—Ed.)

—"Evening Post," April 2.