LOST IDEALS.
“In jhe Labour .Movement we see a great force which owed its initial im pefus very largely to idealism. It lias put the notion of lellowship into its political appeal, and so has marked a real moral advance (as I think") on a progressive appeal based on liberty ■inly, though it. is sometimes liable to forget IliaE liberty is the imhspeusible basis of fellowship. On the other hand we have heard speakers lor the Laboui .Movement commending lellowship in the very spirit of pugnacity and one is driven to the conclusion that, the ideals will come to very little unless a force stronger that mere idealism conn's in to keep the followers of those ideals true to them. Moreover, all social reform is in the last resort personal reform, and nearly all the agencies tackling problems nl personal character are manned by the Churches even when not conducted under their York.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1928, Page 8
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153LOST IDEALS. Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1928, Page 8
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