THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
The Hour Js Striking, The Men Who Akk Wanted. We 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. We cannot get them by stating our want. We shall have to shed some of our critical habits
God, give us men, A time like this demands , Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honour, and who will not lie. Men 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, 13 November 1928, Page 4
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130THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1928, Page 4
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