Thought For The Times
i ua it act Kit Moto: Than Ci.kvkunkss. j "briiish characteristics, centuries I eld, that have huilt up the Kmpise, I ,rem to he injuriously diluted in the' political world of Kngland, by the snhStitution of the weakness of Cleverness fin the strength of Character. There • eeins to he a growing habit tin the I;.irt of politicians to let clever and often tricky expediency take the place of action based upon firm and honor-' able character guided hy foresight.] Thus, in no part of the British Empire 1 mote’ than in the British Isles, is it j necessary to remind British people of the quality of their forebears whose • actions' iveie dictated more hy Charac- ] ter than hy mere Cleverness.” ...John Holt Schooling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1921, Page 2
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