"The Ideal City."
_ ». — What makes a city great and strong? Not architects' gracofnl strength. Nor factories' extended, length; But mon who seo the civic wrong And give thorn lives to make it right, And turn its darkness into light. "What makes a city full of power? Not wealth's display nor titled fame, Not fashion's loudly bonstod claim, But women rich in virtue's dower, "Whoso homes are humble, still are great Because of service to the State. What makes a city men can kvvoP Not things that charm the outward sense, Not gross display of opulence, But right, tho wrong cannot remove, And truth that faces civic fraud And smites it in the name of God. Tltis is a city that shall stand A light upon a .nation's hill, A voice that evil cannot still, A source (of .blessing to tlio land; Tt's strength not -brick, nor stono, nor wood; But Justice, Love and Brotherhood. —Chicago "Commonsense. ,
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 February 1911, Page 4
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156"The Ideal City." Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 February 1911, Page 4
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