The fishermen's saint / by Sir Wilfred Grenfell.

  • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Date:
1930
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Credit: The fishermen's saint / by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    squatted around in a circle, pow-wowing about it afterwards. Before we left, their wise-man told the Governor that “ if they caught so many fish to-day, there would be nothing to do to-morrow.” Yet we count even them to be mentally in advance of Andrew. One of the first things which everyone loves about Andrew is his impulsiveness. Some people think it a mark of weakness to be easily led, and Andrew did jump to conclusions ; as, for instance, when he listened once to a wild-looking man talking in the wilderness, and dashed off to share his “ great find ” with his brother. You in Scotland will sense that this characteristic has its dangers. On the other hand, it has greater oppor¬ tunities for helping the world than the too calculating mind, and the “ you can’t tell me ” kind of person. There is an honesty about it which endears the possessor to one, and it also implies the
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