What arc "wrong," "right," "vice," "virtue," "bad," and "good"? Mere whips to scourge the backs that naked bear The burden of the world—bent backs that dare Not rise erect, defy the tyrant, "Should," And freely, boldly do the things they would, in living's Joy they rarely have a share; They look beyond the grave, and hope that there They'll be repaid, poor fools, for being good. To serve thy master, that is virtue, slave; To do thy will, enjoy sweet life, is vice. Poor duty-ridden serf, rebel, forget Thy master taught morality; be brave Enough to make this earth a Paradise Whereon the Sun of Joy shall never set! —Anon.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 71, 19 July 1912, Page 4
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