MR LAISHLEY AS A REFORMER.
Mr Laishley appear* to be sharing the fate of all reformers. If he had been content to jog along in the old way, and take things as he found them, he would have made it more comfortable for all parties concerned, and been voted quite a model chairman. The, man whom everybody hkes, and who is always popular, is your harmless, brainless noodle, who, from mere want of fibre and nerve, takes the medium way, and never mates any fuss in the world, good or bad, and ■would not offend an) body to save his life, so long as he can save his dinner. But unfortunately for Mr Laishley, he was possessed of brains, and had made education a speciality, and he began to' sacrifice time and money, and, of course, to make enemies in carrying out reforms which frightened the souls of fearful optimists. If Mr Laishley desires popularity, he will take our advice, and talk ordinary platitudes, which mean nothing. g
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 158, 22 September 1883, Page 4
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