THE TONGUE OR SLANDER.
In lalmost every community there] are'to be found men and women who, finding time hanging heavily on their hands, devote their spare inomeuts to unravelling the history of their" neighbours and • laying bare every skeleton that can be discovered in the'family cupboard. ■ It is usually the man who-aspires to be ; of service to his fellows who is selected for the attention of the busybodies..' One.has only to offer hinu self" as a, candidate for Parliament* or for some less onerous public position to discover what a rascal lie is. If he has not been guilty of "manslaughter, he has at least, at one time or another, expectorated upon .the footpath, and consequently jis a ~- villain of the deepest"dye. Whilst it is right and proper that- every man who aspires to a position 'of trust should be prepared to have his past career fairly scrutinised, the capao'ity of scandal-mongers for magnifying niole-hills into mountains robs .every .community ..of the services of the. "brightest and best intellects; If men and women would only cultivate .a little more of the virtue of charity, the world would be much the
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10197, 27 March 1911, Page 4
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190THE TONGUE OR SLANDER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10197, 27 March 1911, Page 4
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