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There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics—none in which ‘there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. -X- -X- 'X- -XThe doctrine that all men, are in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and e<|iml, i.s an utterly baseless fiction. * * -x- -: For the welfare of society, as for that of individual men, it is surely essential that there should lie n statute of limitations in resp ct <>f the eonseqiicnee of wrong doing. * * -X- * ‘‘Musst iniiner t'liim wie non geboren’l is the best of all maxims lor the guidance of the life of States, no less than of individuals. -X- -X- -XTile population question is tile real riddle of the sphinx, to which no political (Edinus has ;.is yet -found the answer. In view of the ravages ot the terrible monster, over-multiplications al lotlier riddles sink in o nsiguiticance.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 October 1931, Page 1
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160APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS Hokitika Guardian, 21 October 1931, Page 1
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