NOT WITHOUT THE HAMMER
George MacRoflald once wittily said: ,{ 'The words of the wise are . . . as nails,' but their example are as the hammers that drive the nails home." True enough, a nail will have a hard time fulfilling its missiott in this world withput a hammer. It may be capable of sustaining great responsibilities and imparting strength and permanency; but it must' flrst be driven home. f«ue hammer multiplies its usefulness *tid intensifles its value. One nail, binding the timbers of a house together when the storm comes, may be worth a whole keg stored away in the cellar and put to no practical use. The best way to make our words effective is to hammer them home by consistent living and example day after day. f
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 89, 1 May 1937, Page 12
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