Moral Change First In New Order

Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 208, 1 September 1942, Page 4

Moral Change First In New Order

Prerequisites to the building of a now order in the world were discussed on Sunday night by the Associate Minister of Supply and Munitions (Mr. Hamilton). “Before we can build that better world, ’ ’ he said, ‘‘ we must undergo a profound moral change, for the good society can exist only where good men are. That new order must, first of all, be a moral order, in which truth, honour, and duty are universally prized and practised.” Mr. Hamilton quoted the following sentence from a letter written by Colonel Love to his mother, just after his promotion to the command of the Maori Battlation, at the head of which he fell in action: “God give me strength to carry on, wisdom to make good judgments, courage to have my own convictions, justice in all my dealing. ’ ’ * * There we have the spirit that makes a people great, and establishes society upon a sure foundation,” said Mr. Hamilton. “Until that spirit becomes widespread among men and women, there can bo no new order worth the name. No new economics, no new ideologies, will alone suffice to create one. There are no short cuts to it.”

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