Thebe is bat one moment fully in oar hands, and that is the present. If we loae it, it is gone for erer, and with it has flown the opportunity it brought. The next has its own mission, and cannot bear ' the burdens of the past. We must more quickly if we would keep ourselres fresh and bright for the labours of lore thai lie before us. They come in series, each link of which presents itself once and no more. If we do not seizeit, it ranishes; another may arise in its place, but the one we hare dropped we can nerer restore. Life demands in all its phases prompt, deoisire Action, and in ho respect.more than in fulfilling goad intentions. To loiter in this. ist to fritter them away; to postpone, then, is to banish them. . Corruption among those whose doty it is to watch orer the interests and safety of the' community is prbdactire of far greater erils than any other crime ot extravagance can gire rise to.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3446, 10 January 1880, Page 2
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171Untitled Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3446, 10 January 1880, Page 2
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