SELFISHNESS
‘'Selfishness is no less fatal to national than to individual fulfilment. The minute you begin to think-ot yourself only you are m a bad way. You cannot develop because you are choking the source ol development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others. And so with the nation. If we remain in. purse-proud isolation wo may he s'ecure, hut that security will he purchased at the cost- ol our souls. Selfishness always brings its own revenge. It cannot he escaped. And the men. and women—especially the women—who succumb to tho fetish for self-expression, which is merely a nervous indulgence ill' self-exploitation—-will always find that in the long run they pay for their futile freedom with self-torture and remorse. Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would he useful, and happy in their usefulness. Have no fear for the future. It will take care of itself if we take care of ourselves.”—Dr Eliot. President of Harvard University.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1927, Page 3
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163SELFISHNESS Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1927, Page 3
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