Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Pathos

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Pathos: noun - an attribute in speech, writing,events, persons, which can excite pity or sadness; the power to stir tender ormelancholy emotion.



'You write with all thepathos of a sufferer; it's as though you've experienced all the many tragediesyou describe in your work. I find myself moved to tears so often by the powerof the pathos in your words.'
16 Nov 1961 – Great Britainbegan limiting immigration from the Commonwealth. Until this point, almost anycitizen of the Commonwealth could legitimately come to live in these smallislands. It was more or less inevitable, given the relative sizes of thecountry and the Commonwealth, that such restrictions would eventually be imposed.Overcrowding is a major cause of civil unrest and the increasing influx ofnon-native settlers was bound to become a major issue once full employment wasno longer assured.