HUMBUGS."
Dr. J. G. Findlay, a barrister at law, once added to the literature of the wionld a book entitled ''Humbugs." It was artistic in. its way, and contained, among other things, the following:—"Your best manhood is not produced by privilege or hereditary advantages. The world's history is full of proof that society raiuwt be saved by the moral fibre, the force' and energy that reside in what is often called the lower classes. Wihieai individual wortih has got to has© itself upon rani and
ola&s distinction® it has ceased to exist The van of progress is maintained by reinforcements, not from, classes with distinctions but from the proteloriat." And Peter went out and wept bitterly !
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10270, 24 June 1911, Page 4
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116HUMBUGS." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10270, 24 June 1911, Page 4
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