WANTED—LEADERS.
Firebrands cause fires. And it seems that just now Labour needs a fire brigade, says the Greymoutlr Star. With so many hot and burning words in the air there is need for us to re'member that there is no economic salvation in incendiarism—the incendiarism of inflammatory ideas and words. And, to -change the metaphor, what is the good' of pulling down the house if everybody must perish in the ruins? The workers must get good leaders, not men of incisive speech, whose power" lies in the appeal to passion and class hatred, but men of character and education, who-possess a deep love for the country. Adventurers will not <lo. Men who are here to-day and awav to-morrow cannot serve the workens satisfactorily., They must be characterised "by that spirit which will do right even though the heavens fall. This is not a time for cunning. The only policy that will meet the needs of the case is one which will stand the test of the highest principles and the noblest ambitions. Its Watchword must not be paralysis, but progress. , ■•• -..-,■
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 November 1913, Page 4
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180WANTED—LEADERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 November 1913, Page 4
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