THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Tin: Civic I.vckkdients. “Every citizen wants to preserve what he thinks is pood: ..'very citizen wants to improve what he thinks is had : every citizen wants to look after his own private interests. These three desires are mingled in everybody, but in different proportions. A preponderance of the second makes a progressive; a preponderance of the third makes a self-seeker and a place-hunter. Undue excess of any of the three desires produces a more or less evil result. Excess of the third desire no doubt produces the worst result; yet the third desire lies at the very root of true prosperity. And that is about all there is to it.’’—Arnold Bennett.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1924, Page 2
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115THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1924, Page 2
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