APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS
The very existence of society depends on tiie fact that every member of it tacitiy admits that lie is not the i.vclnsive possessor of himself, and. that he admits the claim of polity of which, he forms a part, to act, to some extent, as his master. * * * * Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one’s own way at all hazards. * * * *: Individualism, pushed to anarchy, in the family is as ill-founded theoretically and as mischievous practically as it is in the .State; while extreme regimentation is a certain means of either destroying self-reliance or of maddening rebellion. * * * * A man in his development runs for j a little while parallel with, though ( neaer passing through, the fbrm of the , meanest worm, then tra\els for a | space beside the fish, then journeys along with the bird and the reptile for his fellow travellers; end < n y at last, after a brief companionship with the highest of the four-footed and four handed wor d. rises into the dignity of pure manhood.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1931, Page 1
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177APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1931, Page 1
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