https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39315 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:03:05 GMT 2026-04-18T23:03:05Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39416 Title: So much to do : so little done Abstract: I once heard that well known surgeon, the late Professor P.P. de Bono, say 'When I was studying in England, I wrote several original papers on Surgery. On my return to Malta I did little original writing; the environment, the atmosphere seemed to be against it.' Now P.P. de Bono was an F .R.C.S. which is about the highest qualification a surgeon can obtain in England. Was there any justification for his curious statement? My own view is that there is absolutely no reason why more original research should not be done in Malta; in fact there is much work waiting to be done and should be done by those on the spot. Sat, 01 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39416 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39408 Title: Poeti Maltesi viventi : Rosar Briffa Abstract: Lo definirei Rosar Briffa un poeta lirico elegante. Se questo spieghi e comunichi al lettore quello che io ho in mente, non lo so, anzi non lo er edo. Eppure mi piacerebbe ripeterlo: Rosar Briffa e un poeta lirico elegante. Dico subito che Rosar Briffa e un poeta molto modemo, tanto nel pensiero, quanto nella forma. E il suo pensiero e sempre profondo, e la forma delle sue poesie e sempre nitida e sostenuta. Le sue liriche sono sempre brevi, sintetiche, analitiche. Forse, in parte, questo e dovuto al fatto che Briffa e un medico. Sat, 01 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39408 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39407 Title: The supposition of universality in art and literature Abstract: The belief that great art is universal in its appeal was a favorite doctrine of those fine old nineteenth century liberals to whom we owe so many of our lovely, ineffectual (not to say mendacious), ideals. Reasoning from the assumption presumed a fact, they set out to establish those workingmen's colleges, the public libraries and the museums for which some of us are so much indebted to them. To a small degree, they were right. All social strata of the population produce individuals of intellectual and creative abilities, just as all strata produce dullards and half- wits, and the individuals of innate capacity have been immensely benefitted - as has all society - by those unrealistic nineteenth century ideals. Sat, 01 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39407 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39406 Title: Poeti del Duecento nella Divina Commedia Abstract: La Divina Commedia, e stato detto piu volte, e una sintesi completa del mondo del suo tempo. In essa appaiono tutti i valori, i sentimenti, le passioni che si sono espressi nella coscienza medioevale, non solo italiana, bens!, si puo affermare, europea. Attraverso la personalita, dantesca, che si rivela potentemente in ogni pagina del poema, noi ricostruiamo facilmente il quadro di tutta un' eta, piena di fermenti religiosi, permeata di slanci mistici, ma anche agitata da fierissime passioni che continuano a far vibrare quel regno di morti con un fremito che raramente si riscontra nelle opere che parlano di vivi. Sat, 01 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39406 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z