Extract of a Letter from Henare Potonga, of Taupo.
Do not engage yourselves in the foolish actings of the world; but let your actions be just. Look searchingly at one end of the matter, and should you not discover the principle, Jherrlook ai ihe ; other end; peradvenlure r 4be eyilii eoncealedintbe centre thereof.'
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 6, 25 February 1862, Page 10
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53Extract of a Letter from Henare Potonga, of Taupo. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 6, 25 February 1862, Page 10
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