THOUCHTS FOR THE TIMES.
Tut: Horn Is Striking ! Thk Men AY no Aren "Wanted I AA'c need very urgently some challenging figures in public life. We need men whose names shall command reverence. They are mysterious gifts of Providence to any nation. AA'c cannot get them by stating our want. AA’e shall have 10 shed sonic of our critical habits. God give us men. A time like this doma nils
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and really hands; AFen whom the lust of office does not kill; Alen whom the spoils of office cannot bury : Afen who possess opinions and a will: Alen who have honour, and who will not lie ; Afen who can stand before a demagogue And scorn his treacherous flatteries without winking: Tall men .sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1925, Page 2
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141THOUCHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1925, Page 2
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