VIRTUE A NECESSITY.
Mr Dooley has given utterance to some characteristic remarks on virtue, and the reason why he and a good many other people lead virtuous lives : "I am nivver goin' to place, anny medals on annywan f'r bein' varchous, Hinnissy, f'r 'if varchue ain't always necessity, me boy, it's th' next thing to I'm timp'rate because too much dhrink doesn't agree with me ; modest because I look best that way ; gin'rous because I don't want to be thought stingy; honest because iv th' pohs foorce ; and brave whin I can't lun away."
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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 194, 30 June 1903, Page 5
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