14 OCTOBER 1978, Page 17

Prophets

Sir: Michael Foot, writing about Ignazio Saone (23 September), tells us that 'for some reason not easily discernible he is one of those prophets who was never accorded proper honour in his native land'. The point of the quotation at which the rhetorician is grasping is that a prophet is not honoured in his own country.

Max Wright 71 Maryville Park, Belfast