GIVING LEADERS A LEAD
PRACTICES IN MIDDLE AGES. In the Middle Ages England was so organised that, when need arose, each village and community could send out its quota of men, fully equipped, to serve their country, writes Lord Queenborough in a message to members of the Royal Society of St George.'The circumstances of the time compelled otn- people Io make provision for these emergencies and we were in consequence a hardy and valiant race. The word compulsion has an awkward sound in cur ears, but democracy surely means equality of responsibility as well as equality of opportunity? To hang back now and leave it. to others to send in their names and offer their services to the nation is a betrayal of democracy and something akin to a treason against society. If. I'oi' various reasons, our rulers hesitate lo lake drastic steps or make serious (lemmids upon us, let us urge them 1o do and make them see that the only lead we require is a lead to show us what we can do and how we can do il.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 March 1939, Page 8
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181GIVING LEADERS A LEAD Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 March 1939, Page 8
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