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GROWING PAINS

THE LADDER is growing. In fact, it is expanding far more rapidly than we ever dreamed possible when the first mimeographed copy was mailed out just five months ago.

want to keep the quality high and the content varied. We want to publish more fiction, more poems, more articles and more pages.

To do this we need more material. Your contributions will be gratefully considered. We can't promise to publish

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COMPARATIVE REASONING

It is far easier to be kind than to be wise,

For the heart compared to brain, exceeds in size.

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· Margaret 0. Richardson