BETTER THAN GOLD
Better than grandeur, better than gold, Than rank and titles a thousand fold, Is a healthy body and a mind at ease, And simple pleasures that always please. A heart that can feel for another's woe, .With sympathies large enough to enfold All men as brothers, is better than gold. Better than gold is a conscience clear, Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere, > Double blessed with content and health, Untried by the lusts and cares of wealth, . Lowly living and lofty thought Adorn and ennoble a poor man’s cot For mind and morals in nature’s plan Are the genuine tests of a gentleman.
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New Zealand Tablet, 4 September 1913, Page 61
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108BETTER THAN GOLD New Zealand Tablet, 4 September 1913, Page 61
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