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FEBRUARY194
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ROYALCANADIANAIRFORCE
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WehopeyouarehappyintheService,thatyourworkrequiresallyourenergyanden-t.huaiasrn.
If
youareinthatpositionyouarefortunate,foralthoughthatpleasure.isnotexclusivelyyours,thereareotherswhoare,alas,horriblybrownedoff.
It
istothelatterthatwedirectOUrthoughts.Haveyouever
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thetremendousvalueofignorance?Providingyourecognizeitasablankinyourcharacterpreventingyoufrombecomingaworthierperson,thisignor-ancecan,guarantee-almostexclusively-theabsenceofthatdarkbrownfeeling.Thentheignorantairmanneedneverfeartheeffectsofmentalcorrosion.Similarly,ifyouhavebeguntonoticeitsdiscouragingsJemptomsappearing,thecausecanonlybeinsufficientignorance.This,ofcourse,presentsad.iffi-culty-youarenotoftentoldot'waysofincreasingyOUI'fundofignorance.Regret-ably,wetoo,arenotabletoshowtheway.ToIllust.ratethepointhowever,letuscon-siderthecaseofourLeaderinReverse,theblissfulboywhoseignoranceisunquestionablysuprerne,yourfriendandmine:JoeRufus
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Joeisconvincedhe'signorantandisfortunatelyconvincedthisleaveshimunnec-essarilyhlank,hencehedecidestoaddsomecolour.
Brown
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Joegetsstartedbypi-ckingups.omeone'sdog-ear_edanddiscarded"UltraScientificComicBookwithfortypagesofAceMcWhif-fIeandhisAnti-GravityDislocator"buthedecidesthisdoesn'trelievehisIgnor-anceverymuch.Severalmonthslater.Joe:findsoutthere'saLibraryontheStation,hefindsoutwhereitisandmakesa
call,
OurboyevenfindsoutaboutCanadianLegionCorrespond-enceCourses,theBrandonCollegeLibrany,No.12'sIntelligenceLibrary;startsturntngupatSunday'sMusicalAppreciationHourandF/LKelshall'sTuesdayLectures.Therearethreegoodbookstoresintown,Joeget'sintoeachoneofthem
neg-ular-ly.
Mrs.Erk'slittleboyiseversobusythesedays.Natfordecadeshastherebeensuchanex-haustiveselectionofeducationalopportun-ities,pamphlets,magazinesandbooks.Yourchancesofbecominganinterestingenthusias-ticindividualhaveneverbeen.sogood.
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Belangerfrom
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estantwecanlearnalessonorberemindedofalessonfromtheactionsof
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Dunphy.Hehad
at
least
a
speakingacquaintancewitheveryoneonthestationandwithmosthewas
able
tocallthe.rnbynameandknewtheirindividualworries.Healsohadahappysmileandacheerywordforeveryone.Suchthingsareofinestimablevalueinanorganizationsuch
as
thisAirForceofours.Toheabletothinkthatyourneighbour,whe-
t.her-
youknowhim,orher,ornot,hasyourhappinessatheartandyourinterestsarehis.Thosearethethingsthat
are
meantbythatillusiveword
'MORALE'.
We
all
want
to
feelthatourstationis
a
happyoneandthatweareenjoyingourselveshere.Thenmakeyour-selfresponsibleforyourpartofmorale,makesurethatthepeopleworkingwithyouandun-deryouknowyou;thattheyknowyouareonetheycancometoexpecting
a
sympatheticearfortheirtroubles;andthatyouarereadyandanxioustorejoicewith
them
overgoodnewsandinterestingincidents.
It
isthedutyofeveryonetomakesurethatheisdoinghis,orher,bittohelpthemoraleintheAirForce.Whilewehavesuchanex-amplefreshinourmemoriesletusmake
a
resolvetofollowthatmethod;gettoknowanthosearoundyou,allthatyoufindithu-manlypossibletoknow;maketheir
Interests
yours.YonwillthenfindthatyourlifeintheAirForceiseversomuchhappier.Forsuchthingsarethebestdividend-payingin-vcshnentsthat
a
humanbeingcanmake.
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It
appearsnowthatroutineisathingthattheAer-Logstaff
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neverknow.EspeciallywhenDAPSandleavestakeahandinourlittlegame.
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thepityof
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all.Butenoughofom'songofwoe.Let'stakealookatwhat'sbetweenthecoversthismonth.Thehospitaloccupiesthespotlightwithafullpageofphotographs,andaninter-estingcommentaryunderJean
Bodz'
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g-ranted
thatyonlikedourFea-turesPagelasttime,we'wentaheadaridim-provedonitwethink,byaddingafewideashereandtherethat
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you.Takeadvantageofit.Onthissamepageis
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