THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Tin-: Kindkeu Simiiit. This they all with cheerful mind Bear through life like a torch in flame, And, falling, fling to the ranks behind, “Play ni), play up, and play the game.” AVhat better definition of the English Public School spirit than Sir Henry New holt’s stirring lines? This was the spirit which made the British Umpire, which brought, light into the dark places of the earth, helped to abolish slavery, and went far in winning the AVorld War for civilisation. Tt would lie foolish to assert that the English public school spirit is unknown in New Zealand. Throughout the Dominion there are many men who carry out the old tradition, and many of our educational institutions foster the spirit of Eton, Harrow, Rugby and other public schools ol England. The Dominion could do with many more men from the public st'hools of England, men who will not come here merely as visitors to see the sights or engage in sport, hut who will come, as Kipling so wonderfully expressed it. “as strangers, but to remain as sons.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1928, Page 2
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182THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1928, Page 2
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