THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Time was when a leader - of the people felt it his duty to study great public questions foi himself. Having formed convictions as to what was right and what ought to be done in the interest of the country, he endeavoured to educate the people to his way (if thinking. He did not lightly abandon those convictions, and did not hesitate to sacrifice office rather than abandon his principles. The latest type of successful politician makes no pretence to study out problems, remarks the Christchurch "Pres?," and principles with him are like a deck cargo, to be jettisoned as soon as self-inter-est seems to prompt such a course.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 13 December 1909, Page 4
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111THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 13 December 1909, Page 4
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